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Commercial banks begin indefinite strike in Ogun today
From Moshood Adebayo, Abeokuta
Thursday, March 15, 2012

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Hard times await residents of nine local governments in the Ogun East Senatorial District of Ogun State if the commercial banks in the areas make good their threat to begin an indefinite strike today.
The impending strike is a fall out of incessant armed robbery attack in the state, particularly in Ijebu-Ode and its environs, which in recent times had paralyzed banking activities in the zone, which the bankers said had negatively affected their business.

The bankers, under the aegis of Ogun State Bankers Forum, had last Monday met with the representative of the state government to register their displeasure over insecurity of banks in the state in recent time.
During the meeting, the state Commissioner for Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, who represented the state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, attributed delay in the state taking delivery of security equipment to the failure of the Presidency from signing necessary documents.

Banks in Ijebu and Shagamu axis have closed shop for the past three weeks now, leaving Abeokuta, Sango – Ota as well as the Mowe / Ibafo axis opened for business.
The Chairman, Ijebuland Bankers’ Forum, Mr. Olusegun Olusoga, who addressed a press conference yesterday in Abeokuta, the state capital, said the decision to close shop was unanimously taken by the forum during its emergency meeting, which held last Tuesday.

According to him, the forum took the position after reviewing the security situation in the state and the alleged failure of the state government to put necessary security measures in place in the state.
According to him, among the security measures demanded by the bankers were the provision of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) as well as deployment of patrol vans and policemen to protect banking institutions in the state.

afam4eva: There would have been no difference. Balewa was equally as smart as ZIK and Ojukwu.

Sure? Remove the British, how smart would he have been?

afam4eva: It is quite expected as president kennedy was the caller and so he had much to say. maybe it would have been different if Balewa was the one who called him.

Let's assume the PM was Zik, Ojukwu, Awo or Mbadiwe, or even Jerry Gana. How will the conversation have gone?

afam4eva: I really don't see anything wrong in the conversation. What gave you the impression that Balewa was intimidated.

To begin with, look at the length of each person's conversation. Which is longer? Read the transcript more than cursorily.

afam4eva: Nice cordial relationship.

The man did not know what to say and was just shoving along and hoping for the talk to end.

Hahahaha! See how intimidated the then PM appeared conversing with the then most powerful man in the world. The gap in education really manifested here. Let's assume the PM was Zik, Ojukwu, Awo or Mbadiwe, how will the conversation have gone?

Ok, let's say I am buying this, the question is who is she?

The real question is, will Sanusi's wife (wives) dress like this in a public place given their religious standing? Remember the man studied Sharia in the University in Sudan. Is she his wife? If not, do we need an explanation (he is a public figure after all) or do we let him be?

''Whatever happens to Sharia law and public ''smooshing'' Haraaaaam Especially for a man that got a higher degree in Sharia Studies. If he tries this in Saudi, the lady will be stoned to death and he will be castrated''.

koruji: Who put SLS's head on another man's body?

Jobless people.

Not sure what you mean. Take a look at his trade mark suit and then this confirmatory photo.

^^^^^^^^
Is that his wife then? If so, I apologize. If not, hm!!!!!

See what our holier-than-thou mallam does outside the purview of Nigerians

Who deleted my post that says 99.5% of Nigerians in UK prisons are Yorubas? Ole, omo ole, baba ole, iya ole, oko ole, iyawo ole aburo ole, egbon ole, ore ole, ota ole.

Reggie2:
I dunno how 'young' u are: Since you claim to be Igbo, u ought to know that 13yr old whether boys or girls were committed one way or the other during the Biafran war. It was total commitment for and from all in a war of survival. You will not understand, it it beyond you. So, go to bed and keep quite. I wonder if u have any gainful employment outside Niaraland, Nonsense!

Is this supposed to be for me or did you hit the wrong button? If for me, can you go back and read the posts more carefully? Thanks.

Onlytruth:
This is big, because this woman has international connections. For she to openly admit her role in Biafra, and that of her father, is a form of statement. More people will do the same.
Each time this happens, one more nail goes into the coffins of the Okija_jujus of the North.    

Precisely.

And BTW, Okija juju = Ndu Chuks= onye hausa/fulani

Okija_juju:
Sounds like bare faced lies to me. . . .

Okonjo Iweala according to her profile was born on the 13th of June 1954, and would have been barely 13 years of age as at when the Biafran beatdown war started on the 6th of July 1967. . .

How did a thirteen year old become a war time cook?!

Or did Ojukwus Biafra use child labour during the war?!

If you were not an illiterate, you would have seen this in quote

I was also a teenager at the time

Delta Igbos organized a special occasion to mourn/celebrate his death.

Hehehehe!!!

Look at what Ojukwu's death is causing.

Everyone, from Tinubu to Fasola to Northern leaders to Dokubo to Jonathan to the powerful NOI, is confessing either their role in, or a positive justification for  the war. Igbos are getting there.

Former World Bank MD Was A Cook In The Biafran Army

By  Christopher Isiguzo, Charles Onyekamo   and Onyebuchi Ezeigbo 

She was just a teenager at the time. And given the nature of forced conscriptions into the war at the time, young male adults were forced into the war, while young female adults were forced into the kitchen - those to cook for those fighting the war. One of those in the kitchen then was the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

In her superlative tribute for late Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, the finance minister recounted how she became a cook for the Biafran soldiers during the war.

Describing Odumegwu-Ojukwu as her hero and the hero of all Nigerians, she said: “During the war, my father was a Brigadier in the Biafran army. I was also a teenager at the time. As I said in a tribute recently, I was cooking for the Biafran soldiers at the war front. So Ojukwu was my hero and he was the hero of all Nigerians, and we want his soul to rest in peace.” She asked: “Have you ever seen someone who received this kind of tributes from all over the country, even from outside the shores of this nation?”

Okonjo-Iweala noted that the death and burial of the former Biafran warlord and leader of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), had united Nigeria, describing the requiem service preceding his burial as a sober and uplifting occasion.

The minister told journalists shortly after the internment of the remains of Odumegwu-Ojukwu at the weekend at Umudim community in Nnewi, Anambra State that he was a man who in death united the whole country, noting that although when he was alive, he seemed “like a divisive figure”.

According to her, “But that’s not the case; he has actually brought everybody together. Look at the calibre of the personalities who attended the ceremony - from the speaker of the House of Representatives to the president, the First Lady.  So we want to thank the Ojukwu family for having given us a great hero.”

Asked if there was any lesson people could learn from the life of Ikemba Nnewi, the minister declared: “Nigerians can learn to be principled, to be resilient, to believe in their country, to be patriotic, to be courageous, stand for what you believe in.

“This was a man who stood for what he believed in. And like the priest said in Enugu during the funeral at Okpara Square, no one has come out to say that Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu ever stole one naira from public funds. That's the best example you could ever have. Let it be said of all of us when we depart that we never stole one naira.”

Reminded that Nigerians do not seem to have pointed out any of Odumegwu-Ojukwu’s faults, she retorted: “There is no human being who doesn't have any fault. I don't think I am qualified to even talk about whatever must have been his faults, right now. But I am sure that if he were here today, he was a great man and great people admit their faults.”

It is a tribute to his greatness that three days after his burial, the echo of his funeral has continued to reverberate in his Nnewi, Anambra State country home.

It was a carnival of sorts yesterday as different groups, traditional dancers and live bands from far and near Igboland thronged the compound of the fallen Igbo leader to pay their last respect. The mausoleum where the late Ikemba Nnewi rests is being guarded by four members of the Lower Niger congress (LNC) clad in red vests with the photograph of Odumegwu-Ojukwu emblazoned on it. One of the guards who identified himself as Austin Onyekasi said they were guarding the mausoleum as a mark of honour because “Ojukwu was our father”.

Security was generally relaxed to enable kinsmen and folks continue with the traditional seven-day funeral rites in Igboland. This differs from the day of his burial when security buffer zones were created some two kilometres to his compound.

But it was also a day APGA world-wide paid its last respect to their fallen leader.

National Chairman of APGA, Chief Victor Umeh, described yesterday as a very solemn moment for the party having accepted that their leader had really departed to the great beyond, and condoled with the family.

Odumegwu-Ojukwu, he said, remained the leader of the party even in death since no replacement could better fit into his shoes.

Rather, he said, the party could only appoint a deputy leader whose political sagacity and courage must be well known to perform the late Ikemba’s duties within the physical realm. Such person he insisted would be known by his activities and would naturally be accepted by the Igbo people.

While alive, he said, Odumegwu-Ojukwu installed two governors in Peter Obi of Anambra State and Owelle Rochas Okorocha of Imo State respectively and reiterated the desire of the apostles he left behind to keep his dreams and legacies alive, adding that his demise could never diminish his influence and that his name is eternal with the party.

“Anybody who loves Ojukwu must love the institution he left behind. He nurtured APGA. That is the political party he left behind. Even if he had left us, the need to stay together under APGA is important,” he said.

Umeh stressed that the party would not suffer any setback on account of the death of its national leader, adding that APGA had established a firm root in Nigerian politics that could not be easily erased.

“There is no leadership vacuum in APGA. The party is well situated right now. We have a firm leadership and team that worked with Ojukwu for the past eight years,” he said.

The APGA chieftain noted that Odumegwu-Ojukwu while alive was a man who feared no one and who took decisions forthrightly without minding whose ox was gored so long as it upheld justice, equity and fairness.

[b]Those present to pay their respects yesterday included former Governor of Bauchi State, Adamu Muazu; Chairman, Petroleum Task Force Committee, Nuhu Ribadu, who described Odumegwu-Ojukwu as the creator of modern Nigeria whose ideals on justice, equity and fairness the country’s leaders must not allow to die with him; [/b]and Governor Obi of Anambra State.

Others included Senator Chris Anyanwu from Imo State, Hon. Chuma Nzeribe and former APGA governorship candidate in Imo State, Chief Martins Agbaso, as well as representatives of the party in the United States of America, Europe and Asia among others.
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ojogbontomoye:
Ibo people and cannibalism, two sides of the same coin. No wonder they have a more developed carnassial teeth (the fourth upper premolar and first lower molar) than Yorubas and other Nigerians

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Typical dentition of a cannibal.

Ele eran. You really have deep experience in human meat consumption

Despicable

Reuben Abati: Ogun Villagers Robbed And Cannibalized Bellview 2005 Crash Corpses
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The Millionaire gods Of Lisa
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Monday, November 14, 2005 - By Reuben Abati
   

For the avoidance of doubt, Lisa is the village in Ogun State where an ill-fated Bellview aircraft crashed on October 22, resulting in the death of all the 117 persons on board. This tragic incident affected the entire country, as it brought out the humanity within us, but one aspect of it that deserves further exploration is the reaction of the people of Lisa to the tragedy and their circumstances since the accident occurred. I had pointed out on an earlier occasion that the accident gave the people of this hitherto unknown community an opportunity to bring their plight to the attention of government and to proclaim their seeming neglect over the years by the authorities. Before the accident the people of Lisa were untouched by the processes of social advancement in the shape of access to modern facilities and a good quality of life.

It took a plane crash in their backyard for government to start constructing a road through their community. Electricity is also being provided; and the village has been linked to the telecom network. The point about the neglect of rural Nigeria where incidentally, the majority of Nigerians live is apposite and cannot be overstated. But what should now be considered is the humanity of the people and the leaders of Lisa village. What is being reproduced in that village is a typical Nigerian story, a strong indication of how poverty has robbed the people of basic human values, driven them to desperation, cynicism and cruelty. One sad fact of our lives is that the average Nigerian is forever looking for profit, always looking for an opportunity to cheat the system. When he is in that mood, he suspends his own humanity or beliefs; he is motivated by a burning desire for momentary gain. He comes across as an unreasonable person; something in him or her suddenly changes, he is transported to a temple of human desire where all that matters is greed.

It is true that this descent to the animal level is a given illustration of the duality of the human nature, and the complexity of man. But here in Nigeria, especially in the context of the recent event, it says something far more fundamental about the fault lines in our land in relation to the human index. The lesson is that we still have to do a lot about values in our society, about the moral question and the building of a sense of citizenship and community. In making these declarations, I am reminded of the interesting example of the Pastor of a church who had gone to his daughter's school to ask that the teachers should help to make sure that the daughter passed her school cert exams. The pastor sounded as if he would not mind if this would require helping the poor girl to cheat in the exams. When the pastor was reminded that the school was a Christian School and would not encourage such practice, the man of God flared up: "Please keep Christianity out of this. We are talking about my daughter here, please!". The thoroughly scandalised listeners had to remind the church Pastor that he, a man of God should not talk like that. When Nigerians want anything at all, they place values in a state of suspended animation.

And so as persons trooped to Lisa village, weeping, helpless and worried, the people of that community saw in other people's grief, their own opportunity to make profit. Cab drivers and motorcyclists plying the route increased their fares. Young men in the village and the neighbourhood became pick-pockets. They moved near the mourners and removed their cell phones and wallets. They besieged the crash site and began to remove whatever valuables survived that dramatic destruction of lives and property. If they saw a severed hand lying on the ground and it happened to still have a wrist-watch on it, they picked up the hand and removed the wrist-watch. If they saw a cell phone or SIM card that had been thrown out of the plane as it nose-dived into mother-earth, they took that too and thanked their stars. The Ogun state Commissioner of Police AIG Tunji Alapinni has confirmed that the villagers swooped on the site of the crash and made great fortunes looting and grabbing before the rest of the country got to know the location of the missing aircraft. Some families who lost their dear ones in that incident have said that they are convinced that the people of Lisa removed human corpses from the scene of the crash. Their fear is that those mangled bodies may have been sold to ritualists. Sadly, we live in a country where people trade in virtually anything including human body parts.

But perhaps the more shocking development was the declaration by the village head of Lisa, Chief Sadiku Odugbemi, that his community will need a sum of N2 million to appease the gods to prevent the outbreak of an epidemic in the village, and to exorcise the ghosts of the victims of the crash who are reportedly disturbing the villagers. There have been reports of strange noises at night. Chief Odugbemi's request for N2 million attracted great attention. He has since issued a statement denying that he ever made such a request. But the Baale is lying. He made the case for a N2 million ritual grant at a press conference.

He also granted an interview to the Sunday Champion (October 30, p. 20) in which he was quoted as having said inter alia that: ", the government should provide a big cow and some reasonable amount of money for us in order to appease the gods of the land so that calamities and untimely deaths will not occur in the vicinity again. You see, this is very crucial, because we cannot run away from our tradition, the gods should be appeased because they are angry. The enormous corpses buried in our village can cause epidemics if we failed to appease the gods. Do you know how much the government is spending to appease Osun goddess every year? Here in the village we need to appease the gods of Oro and the big masquerade to protect the village from imminent epidemic". In these words, the village head had exposed the widespread nature of ignorance and superstition in our land. What is the connection between gods and the threat of an epidemic?

The village head was not asking for government assistance to provide necessary medical care for his people nor was he concerned about the protection of the environment, rather he was asking for N2 million to buy cows for the money-guzzling gods of his ancestors. He made this request out of the unmistaken conviction that Nigerian leaders also worship and support traditional gods, and that the state is too actively involved in religion. The issue however is not about Chief Odugbemi's faith, but his opportunism. He wanted to make millionaires out of the gods of his people! But the truth is that those gods if at all they exist, do not eat beef, nor do they spend money: the real gods of Lisa are the Baale and his cohorts who are seeing an opportunity for quick business in other people's misfortune. The cow that he requested for would end up in the pots of his wives and the wives of other chiefs. The Baale in council would share the two million naira with some amount of money going into the pockets of virtually very important chief including the abore and the apena!

It is important that the authorities refused to succumb to Chief Odugbemi's blackmail. Rather than give him the N2 million that he asked for, the man was arrested by the police and interrogated. Seven elders of Lisa, accused of having looted the property of the victims, were also arrested and detained. A Non-Governmental Organisation, Feed Nigeria Initiative (FENI) has condemned this response as an abuse of human rights. I don't think so. Nothing gives the village head and people of Lisa and the neighbouring villages the right or the powers to behave so badly. If it can be established that they looted the belongings of the victims or that they stole handsets and robbed the mourners, then the police should do its job and whoever is found guilty should be treated according to the relevant laws. The excuse that the people are poor and therefore desperate cannot be a sufficient excuse for any wrong-doing.

It is interesting that following government's reaction, the leaders of Lisa have had to modify their position. They have denied ever asking for two million. They still want to organise a feast for their gods but the money will no longer come from government. Every adult in the village has been asked to contribute a sum of N1, 000 each. This is fine, let the people who will share the cow pay for it. The people are also denying that they ever looted at the site of the crash, more than two weeks after the event, they are now showing concern about the tragedy. It is either the village head has actually been called to order or he has been given some money and advised to speak differently in public.

Without any doubt, the people of Lisa have been greatly affected by the crash that occurred in their village. It has changed their lives, possibly forever. They deserve sympathy and support. In particular, the issues that they have raised about the neglect of their community by successive governments should be addressed. They want potable water in their community, a good road, access to quality health care especially in the face of danger. Many of them saw Nigerian leaders for the first time in their lives. One of them was so excited seeing President Obasanjo in flesh and blood, he had to report his excitement to a newspaper reporter. Bellview Airline has dug boreholes for the people; the government is constructing a road through the village; there is a lot more that can be done. Beyond this episodic focus on Lisa village, the challenge that has been thrown up by the people of Lisa is the need for government to be brought closer to the people at all levels. In the eyes of a growing number of Nigerians, government is an abstraction which holds no meaning for the people.

The people of Lisa also need to be counselled. They had asked government to sponsor the feast that they are planning for their gods because they are aware that every year government spends money on Muslim and Christian pilgrimages to Mecca and Israel. Government constructs churches and mosques, and patronises herbalists and futurologists. Governors grant interviews and boast about the ritualists that assist them to hold on to power. And yet the Nigerian Constitution says the state shall have no religion. Because Nigerian leaders have politicised religion in the country, they are asked to worship all kinds of gods. Certainly, the people of Lisa must have heard about the gods and priests of Okija and how they have enjoyed government patronage and protection. They too want their own gods to get a share of "the national cake".

What they may not know is that the millionaire gods of Lisa are not the ones to be appeased. The real gods that should be appeased are the policy makers in the aviation sector and the field operators who have refused to do what is right; the gods that caused the crash at Lisa village can be found at the airport; they are in the air traffic control tower, in the offices around the place, all those men and women in uniform who play ludo with other lives. These are the gods to be appeased. And doing so would not require any N2 million; cows won't be needed as well. What is required is a "broom" in the hands of President Obasanjo and the courage to sweep all saboteurs out of the aviation industry. This is why there must be a thorough investigation of the Lisa plane crash.

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Did you know that the victims of the Bellview Air crash of 2005 in which Maria Sokenu, MD of the now moribund People's Bank was killed, were scavenged and eaten by Lisa villagers of Ogun State?

Clifford Orji lived in Yorubaland and learnt how to eat human meat from his hosts. All those gbomogbomo you read about in History 101 since the time of Oduduwa do so for the purpose of eating the flesh of their victims. If Yoruba Obas can be cannibals wetin remain? Prof Ekwueme who lived in Yorubaland for 50 years aptly referred to Yorubas as very fetish. He knows them too well. And BTW, all bad Igbos are Yoruba-trained

oduasolja:
buhahhahaa. u igbos sha. u wan create any union by force .

when did benue say they will join u.

east kogi too. buhhahahahaa.


u guys are just landless parasites. looking for a union u will dominate.

Ogbeni:

Seems like the Ijaws don't like you. Jonathan called you rascals and Dokubo now calls you parasites. Not to mention Clarke who called Awo a usurper. Wetin dey happen?

Onlytruth,

Thanks also should go to our compatriots the Northerners (e.g., Emir of Kano and the VP Sambo) and to the SW and Edo and other Niger Delta people's who graced the different occassions leading to the final interment and commented from the depths of their minds about the enigma that Ojukwu truly was. The burial and its proceedings showed clearly that Ojukwu was the biggest Nigerian that ever lived. The true Yorubas have distinguished themselves from the rabid cyber lot that prowl this forum.

Most importantly, we should thank Mr. President for his unflinching support during the entire period.

dayokanu:
Why una no tell me say this kain sweet thread dey

Ok Now to topic. Ojuku is way inferior to Abiola

Ojuku couldnt win an election in his senatorial district, Abiola was accepted by the whole country and won a presidential election

Ojuku fled when trouble came, and found solace in Abidjan

Abiola fled after his election was annulled. Why did he not stay? He came back and the rest is history. He is a true coward looking for a soft landing. Thank God for IBB we would have been saddled with an utterly corrupt thief for a president.

Alhaji Mujahid Dokubo-Asari is the former President of the Ijaw Youth Council (IYC) and leader of the Niger Delta Peoples Volunteer Force (NDPVF). He is better known for his struggles for the libration of the Niger Delta region. To some people, he is freedom fighter while to others, he is a controversial personality. In this encounter with JOHN BULUS, he said amongst other things that President Goodluck Jonathan has 8 years to occupy Aso Rock Villa as President of Nigeria

The recent national strike that erupted on the heels of the removal of oil subsidy saw you as part of those who pinched tent with the federal Government and President Goodluck Jonathan. You also threatened to occupy the oil platforms in the Niger Delta should the oil companies join the strike and further warned that the Ijaw people will not take it lightly should any “harm” come to Mr. President. What was that all about?

=======''The first correction I want to make is on the issue of national protest. What is the definition of national? There was no such protest. There were protests by hirelings of those who are the real owners of Nigeria which we have revealed, who are making money from the sweat and blood of the people of Niger Delta and the Igbos''=======

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Beaf:
Rhino, it is not just Ondo, but Ogun and Lagos as well. You can even see outcrops of the stuff in parts of Lagos (eg Oke Tapas).
There will be no need those ACN hypocrites to preach true federalism out of one corner of their mouths, while asking for more Abuja awuf from the other.

And Edo and Delta too. Bitumen occurrence is well spread.