₦airaland Forum

owobokiri:
As noted by Dim Chukwuemeka Ojukwu before he passed on, part of the problem bedeviling the emergence of anything close to a southern unity in Nigerias politics rests almost squarely on the penchant for the editors of the wayward media houses along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway to insult, humiliate, antagonize while lampooning leading political characters from the other different sides of southern Nigeria , all in a bid to protect some parochial interests. Ruben Abati has always been a leading culprit in this crime... Yet, Since the end of his inglorious voyage at Aso Villa, a bit of level headedness seem to have visited him . Lots of us who know him for his highly polarizing outbursts in the past were genuinely surprised by his fibbled attempt to now write, think , argue and reason above the normal ethnic pulls that used to be his bane in the past. That glitter of hope all seem to have crashed now, as expected, with his latest empty drivel. He calls it "a letter to Nnamdi Kalu", yet it is nothing but a hatchet job prepared with the sole intent to do damage to the reputation of Nnamdi Kanu. A taunt of the igbos.

In his so called letter to Kanu, Rueben Abati threw caution to the wind and rambled along like a wayward toddler, throwing dry humors all over the place in the face of a serious constitutional breach perpetrated by a worn-out dictator in agbada.., a breach capable of unnerving an already epileptic democracy. Misplaced priorities? No! He just was living up to the kindred spirits.. But He should know better; Reuben Abati is a lawyer. A lawyer should know how wrong it is to allow a brutal dictator dressed in a tortured democratic gab get away with extra judicial killings. Trying to ignore Buharis murderous escapade in Umuahia all in a bid to taunt Kanu shows how shallow and petty a confused Ruben can be.

Kanu has no standing army. Kanu has no standing police (the uniformed boys at his place are nothing but vigilantes). Kanu has no guns , has no armored personnel carriers, no rockets and no war plans. The Nigerian army of remorseless killers are the ones who deployed these weapons to assault, abduct and kill a group of peaceful protesters whose only crime under a supposed democracy was to call for a referendum to allow the emergence of a new state. You would expect a thorough bread editor/lawyer of Abatis vaunted pedigree to focus on the more troubling realities associated with Buhari/Brutais mad dance in the east, but no; he wont. The killing of hundreds and the methodical humiliation of a region by a sectional army under the command of a brazenly parochial Buhari only provided for a conscienceless Abati, another opportunity to taunt and be amused. Huge shame.

The way some of us are egging on the army, we seem to be oblivious of the fact that by recent recruitment quotas, we are slowly having before us, a sectional army devoid of any obligation to be impartial when deployed in conflict areas within the country. With the top echelon of the army almost entirely dominated by the presidents men, it is obvious that slowly but surely, the tendency on the part of the army to take sides when deployed within the country will continue to increase. That means that irrespective of who is being forced to "python dance" today, the man at the other end maybe at the receiving end tomorrow as he maybe forced to "viper dance". We all saw how NADECO was almost decimated by Abacha in this country. Essentially , folks should be more alarmed by the wrechless utilization of the coercive instruments of the state by a sardonic president whose penchant for blood-letting only reminds one of the Pinochets and PolPots of this world.

To argue that the so-called Kanus "hate speech" provided enough reason for this massacre is so laughable. Is it still a democracy? It is just a funny charge willfully employed by the evil minded to defend the governments heinous murderous campaign in the east. What is hate speech? Who defines hate speech? And is the crime of hate speech punishable with ethnic cleansing? These are the questions the likes of Ruben should be laboring with. Trying to know why a defenseless man in his fathers house didn't put up a fight against the army or asking why he hasn't biult a house in his village are the kind of discus that one expects from zobo and kunu sellers and not from an editor of Abatis "pedigree". Taunts wont kill Biafra. Bullets haven't.

Thank you very much sir.

It is in situations like these that we get to know who is who ?

Everyone is having a field day, because, today, it is the Igbos that are at the receiving end of Buhari's brutality, tyranny and mendacity.
Who's turn is next ?

niceprof:
Those that lost are the so called Igbo illiterate "elites",the tables will soon turn and they will be the first political causalities.

If you think Kanu has lost followership,think again.

He has won more

Don't mind them.

The reverse is the case.

Nnamdi Kanu has defeated the Federal government.
People just don't get it yet.

SillyMods:
Let the whole planets talk about it, IPOB remains a terrorist group.

The earlier you realize that Bloomberg and other outside media cannot help you the better. What has any of them been able to do for Catalonia, Kurds and many of such secessionist groups?

Don't get me wrong. I want to live separately from Ibos and Hausas but don't go about asking Ibo terrorists to kill me because I'm a Yoruba or to kill someone because he's a Hausa. What type of nonsense is that?

If I see terrorist Kanu, I will make sure I personally kill him first for such pronouncement. I swear.

Every cockroach has an opinion on Nairaland.
I really wonder how and what the name " Kanu " does to cockroaches all over Nigeria.

Ibime:
Go and check what Rwanda did within a few years. Comparing Igbo land to Rwanda is like comparing Enyimba to Barcelona. Don't let the backwardness of tue North set low standards for you. Igbo land is very much underdeveloped and decrepit.

Comprehension, comprehension.

Try to understand a post before you rush to attack it.

Igbo and Igboland are a particular ethnic people in a particular region of a country called Nigeria.
Rwanda, on the other hand, is a Country of many ethnic peoples.

Whereas the entire country of Rwanda was engulfed in Civil war, the small region of Igboland was attached by all sides of the Nigerian state for 3 solid years. Lives, infrastructure and economy in Igboland were destroyed in that particular region only, and not in any other parts.

The point of the Op is that despite such great disadvantage, and with NOOOOO federal reconstruction plans, the Igbo people ,have over the years, regained their prominence, and even surpassed all other regions not affected by the war in the areas of commerce, business enterprise, middle class penetration, home ownership, and in fact, every index of well being and progress.

Now, trying to downplay the magnificence of such a feat by comparing it to Rwanda, a country that used her STATE RESOURCES for national reconstruction, smacks of Bad Belle, Sour Grapes.

sarrki:
Tw Go Pint Lin Wh
‘No dialogue with separatists’

Security agents have identified the Nigerian suspected to be operating the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Paris, France, it was learnt at the weekend.

The government last week said money was being raised from some Nigerians in the diaspora to fund IPOB.

Funds were also raised from events, including a football tournament organised in Senegal, for the banned organisation.



Funds raised from the diaspora Nigerians’ donation and other sources are remitted to an account in Paris from where it is disbursed for the organisation’s activities.

The account holder was not named at the weekend.

A source said: “Security agencies are still conducting more checks before releasing the details on the fellow running the Paris, France account on behalf of IPOB and its leader.

“When the necessary investigation is completed, the findings will be presented to the French government for appropriate action in line with the laws in France.

“These agencies will also trace other accounts in some jurisdictions where funds were remitted into the Paris account.”

The proscription of IPOB has been sealed with the Federal Government’s gazette of its ban.



This puts to rest speculations of a reversal of the decision as a result of a political solution.

With the gazetting of the proscription, the group ceases to exist by the nation’s law and the government might have ruled out dialogue with Kanu.

A top government source said: “The proscription order was gazetted by the Federal Government on Thursday. So, there is no going back on our position that the organisation remains illegal.

“Whether IPOB is registered abroad or anywhere is immaterial. The most important thing we have achieved is that the terrorist group can no longer operate in this country.

“The gazette is the climax of the presidential proclamation and the decision of the court on it.

“Any Nigerian or group associating with IPOB is doing so at a greater risk.”

Asked if the Federal Government would dialogue or negotiate with the IPOB leader, the source said: “No government will relate with a terrorist organisation. Certainly, any talk of dialogue is remote.”

Following an ex-parte motion by the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of JusticeAbubakar Malami (SAN), Acting Chief Judge of the Federal High Court Justice Abdul Kafarati, last week granted the proscription request.

He restrained “any person or group of persons from participating in any of the group’s activities”.

He ordered the AGF to ensure the publication of the IPOB proscription order in the official gazette and in two national dailies.

He ruled: “That an order, declaring the activities of the respondent – Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) – in any part of Nigeria especially in the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria amount to acts of terrorism and illegality, is granted.



http://thenationonlineng.net/security-agencies-unmask-ipobs-paris-account-holder/

Stuuuupid post.

Someone, but not named ?

But what exactly is the point of all this ?

Every organization operates bank accounts on funds raised by members and through various means.

Boko Haram, a known terrorist group, has an army , fully armed with tanks, guns, rocket launchers, etc.
How come the FG has not uncovered the accounts and funding for Boko Haram ?
Could it be because Buhari is a Boko Haram sympathiser ?

What about the BMC or BMG crew ?
One day, they too could be declared a terrorist organization.

oladeebo:
Time is moving fast and kanu influence and popularity may soon be fade out!
In a situation like this resistance is not an option but surrendered,
And kanu must realize it's better not to lose all, but take what nature provide him.
He must renounce his Biafra project have amnesty, and endorse politics to enjoy his followers for political race for the well being of his people!
Tomorrow may be too late, so as not to let history of Ojukwu repeat itself.
act now
oladeebo.

I want to puke when I see the shallow soul of a coward and an idiot.

Isoko1stSon:
Number of persons killed by Boko Haram
Answer: 30,000
Category: Islamic Militants

Number of persons killed by Fulani Herdsmen
Answer: 10,000
Category: Foreigners

Number of Persons killed by IPOB
Answer: 0
Category: Terrorists

Only in Nigeria...

All I See Is Vendetta And A Sinister Motive, Power is transient , power Belongs To God

Thank you .

The hypocrisy and the Nigerian FARCE stares everyone directly in the face.

Most people just look away, bury their faces in the Sand like the proverbial ostrich.

It takes courage to stare right back and call the FARCE what it is.

Alariwo2:
Can we liken Kanu to bush meat (okete) that literally disappears in the face of death.. cos I'm not understanding the hunch back albino again o

Mock on little man, mock on.

"Mockery is the HOMAGE that the COWARD pays to the BRAVE"

lightblazingnow:
http://dailypost.ng/2017/09/24/biafra-hope-nnamdi-kanu-will-show-soon-falana/amp/

What a fxxing Janus-faced idiot this Falana is.

A supposed human rights lawyer, he is DEAFENINGLY silent on the crimes against humanity committed by Nigerian soldiers in Umuahia and Aba, but he is more interested in Nnamdi Kanu showing up soon, even though he admits that Kanu's life is in imminent danger.

I want to throw up when I hear these morally bankrupt loudmouths speak publicly and expect to be taken serious.

Nnamdi Kanu grows ever larger.

You just don't get it.

He has already succeeded far beyond his and anyone's expectations.

It is the Nigerian government and the Nigerian Army that has taken the gigantic fall , due to pride and arrogance.

For the Nigerian Government to unleash lethal military force, committing the worst inhumane crimes against unarmed youths exercising their fundamental rights, brings the government and Army to the lowest level of moral depravity.

That Nigerian Army went public to declare victory unto themselves should tell you who is really winning.

reptile1:
This matter has gone beyond Nnamdi kanu and IPOB. Ipob was a catalyst to the struggle we all had in mind but refused to speak nor act.

It's not about dialogue with Nnamdi kanu or IPOB, It's about reconfiguration of the Nigerian system for justice, equality, productivity, growth and progress which the present system doesn't support.

Truth be told, wrong or right, Nnamdi kanu and his group emboldened everyone to demand for what is right without fear as was the case.

Call them terrorists, call them names, the question begging for answer won't automatically erase from the peoples mind.

Restructure or disintegrate.

I said it long ago, that ultimately, Nnamdi Kanu's agitation, like him or hate him, is a struggle for every Nigerian's future progress.

He has already succeeded, but people still don't get it.

Mock on, little people,
Mock on.


Mockery is the Homage the cowardly Pay to the Brave.
- Rev.Fr Felix Uche Akam.

The Zoo

cornel00:
This is exactly the point i was trying to make, i get insulted for speaking the truth. you can insult me for all i care, you can't make me less an igbo man and i refuse to be like your type.
No matter what, the truth will prevail.

Of course you spoke the truth of your cowardly, stomach infrastructure spirit, and I acknowledged that.

I just noted that that cowardly spirit is alien to Igbos.
We would rather, and is nobler to die fighting for freedom than it is to live in slavery.
You, on the hand, listed reason, albeit, self-serving reasons why you and your household would rather manage as a perpetual slaves, serfs or third class citizens, which I corrected you, is a complete negation of every thing Igbo.

cornel00:
We igbos are the problem to ourselves.
Once upon a time, i was made to see Yoruba people as my main enemy in this, country but not anymore.
Yes we can brag about our commercial exploits, education, talents, wealth, personalities but we lack unity.
Out of all the tribes in this country, Igbos are the most greedy, wicked, heartless, and selfish set of creatures.
I am a confirm onye igbo, born and brought up in the north, i am typing this because of the IPOB crisis here in the east. It's hard for me to admit but the truth must be told. I asked myself yesterday night;
If we are to get biafra what will come next?
Are we ready to be independent?
Do we have the resources to survive?
Is there love among ourselves?
After analysing all these, i come to conclusion that biafra is the worst that will happen to an igbo man, biafra will be a place where hatred is the order of the day, we are always the ones playing the victim card, we call Yoruba people all sorts of derogatory names, we blame everyone one in this country except ourselves. It was a Yoruba family that welcomed and gave me shelter in GBOKO BENUE STATE the year i was posted there for my jamb exam (you can hardly see an igbo man do this for his brother, let alone a stranger) my best secondary school teacher is a Yoruba man, we lack hospitality and love among ourselves.
I didn't know about this until i left north for east, an igbo man will rather sell his brother for a plate of porridge out of greed
We call Hausa this and that yes i don't even like them (the truth must be told), their religious and ethnic intolerance is something else, but we are not better either, we have made our land less convenient for our people that's why you see igbos investing outside igbo land. You will buy land in igboland and all the kinsmen in that community will try to feast on your pocket.
Yes we have most of the most corrupt politicians in this country. Those bastar.ds we call our leaders are the ones we supposed to hold accountable, Nigeria is not our problem, Yoruba people are the only people we can team up with, they are the only one we can ally with.
I use to ask myself why most of my trusted friends are not igbos, it's not a coincidence. It is from experience.
In 2015 i relocated from the north to the east, up till now I'm still regretting my decision, i will rather die elsewhere than to be consumed by hatred in igbo land. My maternal grandfather who is supposed to welcome me home, despite all the tenants that are paying him, could not let me stay in one of his rooms. My grandfather!!
My advice to my fellow igbos is that we should eliminate hatred in our lives, only then we can come together and think of the way forward.
My write up may lack proper contruction, as long as I've shared my thoughts I'm OK.
As for biafra matter, me and my household and extended family say no to biafra.
I stand for one united South in one Nigeria.
Long live south east
Long live south west
Long live south south
Long live Nigeria
PEACE!
cc: lalasticlala
Mynd44

Cowards die many times before their death.

OBVIOUSLY, this is just another nonsense from the propaganda mills dishing out N5000 to the unemployed youths.
I see nothing remotely resembling Igbo spirit in the above nonsense.

The i.d.iot that penned this piece has NOOOOO idea what it is to be Igbo.

Pagan9ja.
Long time no hear.

As a fellow Pagan, I am standing present sir.

FTrebirth:
dear almajiri illiterate zombie, learn to space your words and apply punctuation properly.


thanks.

I can't help laughing.

You know, there is an ironic quality to being stuuupid,..the stuuupid person doesn't know that he is stupid, and continues to advertise his stupidity unabated, unabashed.

That zombie is a big disgrace to whatever tribe he is coming on Nairaland to represent.

zionmade1:
At least they can spell "illiterate " and you cant

Hey hey.


Imagine the irony.

Stuuupidity works in mysterious ways.

kingivie:
Is either u re a coward or u are part of d propaganda. Sleep n die on ur bed in silence.

Nigeria army(tissue paper according to boko) is a disgrace attacking armless citizens. Let both parties arm themselves let's see how dey will fare.

Pay him no attention.

He is mentally ill.

SmartyPants:
I cant say for a fact that Nnamdi Kanu is a dangerous person, but he does continue to break the law in grave ways.

From the federal perspective he has threatened actions that threaten to undermine the democratic process in Nigeria, he has promoted actions to undermine the peace and stability upon his arrest, he also perpetually threatens the unity of Nigeria, and recently inaugurated an illegal security outfit with unknown intentions (which is a seditious offence under Nigeria's criminal code).

So really, when it comes to legality, Kanu is very much exposed by his utterances and behavior.

I beg to differ sir.

In Nigeria, what exactly makes a speech dangerous to the democratic process ?
because, we can go back to campaign speeches from all political parties and actors, particularly Buhari himself, which were clearly dangerous to peace, stability, unity and the democratic process,. and definitely seditious .
I mean, from where, when and from whom do we start the witch hunt ?

As per security outfit, again, let me ask you, what constitutes an illegal security outfit ?
We have all manners of vigilante groups in very corner of Nigeria. Are they also illegally constituted ?

Can you see the double standard on issues , any issues relating to Kanu, and Igbos in general ?

I notice in your submissions thus far, you have deliberately or accidentally omitted the Constitution and its umbrella guarantees to citizens of Nigeria.

How can we, for example, hail the late Nelson Mandela as a bona fide African Hero, despite him formally being labelled a criminal and terrorist, and then try everything in twisted logic to delegitimize the agitations of Kanu and IPOB who bear no arms ?

stephanie11:
Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal on Wednesday chaired the meeting of a committee set up by the Northern Governors Forum and the Northern Traditional Rulers Council to aggregate views of Northerners on the restructuring debate in the country.

The meeting had in attendance Governors Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna, Umar Tanko Almakura of Nassarawa and Deputy Governors of Gombe and Plateau states.

Also in attendance were Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, Etsu Nupe, Yahaya Abubakar, Gbong Gwom Jos, Da Jacob Buba Gyang and Emirs of Fika and Gummi.

http://politicsngr.com/2017/09/13/restructuring-tambuwal-chairs-meeting-northern-govs-traditional-rulers/

Mazi Nnamdi has Kanu already won the battle.
No single shot fired from his end.

Yet, so many useless fools we have all over Nigeria still can't see the big picture.

One day in the near or distant future, he will be hailed as the greatest hero this nation had ever produced.

SmartyPants:
I've already done that.

Section 8(1) and (3) basically provides, without any qualification whatsoever, the power to deploy the Armed Forces to maintain public safety and order is entirely at the discretion of the President.

But can you say that Kanu, in his Biafra actualization activism over the last few years, has compromised and or endangered public safety ?
If yes, where ? In Umuahia ?

SmartyPants:
You are discussing politics while i am discussing legality.

I have no issues with the quest for self-determination of the Igbo people.

Good then.

Every revolution in the history of the world starts out as a heresy.

SmartyPants:
You are the one who needs to upgrade his understanding first of all.

Separatist groups are not the issue. Neither are hate groups nor are militias.

Us laws permit militias (even promote them in some interpretation). Freedom of association and freedom of speech laws mean you can express opinions and you can form organizations. None of these are the issue.

Sedition is the issue. Where there is incitement to undertake rebellion in the pursuit of an illegality.

Sedition does not mean you cannot go about seeking to separate, sedition simply means you are inciting people to go about it in an unlawful manner.

I really hope you get it now.

This is just plain ol sophistry on your part.

In the United States, I remind you , all militias and most seperatists are fully armed , fully aggressive about their agendas, and do not subscribe to political correctness . In other words, they publicly canvass online and offline, civil disobedience, a open call to arms against the united states government.
The Us government keeps tabs on them, infiltrate them to gather criminal evidence against their leadership, with a view to criminal indictment once in while, carefully cognisant of the sacred protection that all citizens enjoy under the umbrella of the constitution.

Nnamdi Kanu, on the other hand, has never committed a single act of terrorism, has never caused a single loss of life, yet he provokes so much fear in the government. Isn't that an indication that our so-called unity is contrived and maintained by fear and intimidation ?

fk001:
Ethinic cleansing is not good for humanity




Those people insulting Buhari, need brain checkup.





The act of killing in Myanmar is highly condemnable.

Of course, every act of killing is condemnable.
But how many acts of mass killings have we witnessed in Nigeria over the last 2yrs ?

Mrnairalandd:
What about that pig called Nnamdi Kanu?

Firstly, If Nnamdi Kanu is a pig, you must be a pig's waste product,.. and I really mean it.

But, what about Nnamdi Kanu ?

SmartyPants:
. Secondly, no state democratic or otherwise would allow a person to canvass for the virtual dissolution of that state. Nowhere, anywhere is this allowed!

Ha ha ha.
Wrong Wrong.

In the United States for example, there are 441 Active militias.
There are active separatist movements in 13 states of the US.

There are 939 hate groups in the US.

There are and have been separatist groups in Canada for most of her history.

There are separatist groups in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Mexico, etc etc.

Pls upgrade your knowledge.

Pesuzok:
So you know all these but refused to correct NK.

I cannot correct Nnamdi Kanu.
He is not expected to be perfect.
He has already done far more than the minimum required for leadership.
And,.. he has already succeeded,.. a fact that just mysteriously seems to elude all his critics.

SmartyPants:
incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority

- Merriam Webster Dictionary

Thank you very much.

A reminder that sedition as a crime first appeared in the Elizabethan era, in the eras of absolute monarchy, where monarchs enjoyed the divine right over life and death, as obviously a means to maintain their monopoly of power and checkmate public dissent.

Now, in the modern era, sedition is a favorite tool amongst the world's most brutal tyrants and dictators.
We hardly ever hear the words sedition in a modern democratic state.

Sedition , by definition, if and when applied liberally today, would inevitably ensnare nearly all journalists, all opposition parties, all trade unions, all political activists, all environmental activists, most online commentators like you and I.

In fact, president Buhari himself, as well as El Rufai, Lai Mohammed, and many members of the APC who spoke against and organized strikes and civil disobedience against the former government of the PDP.
For good example, " A war against book haram is a war against the North", The speech about " soaking the blood of dogs and Baboons " , the one about " making Nigeria ungovernable " ( which inspired the murdering of NYSC youths ) could very well be construed as a seditious speech if the last administration was desperate for scapegoating .

Are you getting my drift ?.
Only desperate tyrants invoke the "sedition" bogey to silence opposition.

In a democracy, every single individual is entitled to free speech, that includes angry speech at the incompetence , excesses or injustice of the current government or system.

In fact, Nigerians have been soooo docile and cowed for sooooo long, that we have even forgotten that it is our CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY to express anger, if and when necessary at the government, and agitate for a change.

Nnamdi Kanu appears strange to most of you, simply because you don't even know that what he is doing can be done.