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Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by BABANGBALI: 2:49pm On Nov 17, 2022
GENERAL IHEJIRIKA, EX COAS HAS BURNT THE TABLE DESTROYED BY SOLUDO PATAPATA....... assignment for Obidients

*Former chief of army staff, Gen Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd) writes:*

*"FOOLISH IS NOT IGBO"*

*BACKGROUND*

*1. Since 1999, the SouthEast had belonged to the ruling political party at the centre---Fed Govt, which we had overwhelmingly voted for, in all past elections, and the party had over 15 unbroken years in power. Most Igbo elites of today (political, socio-cultural, business, and to some extent, clerical), made their fortune and fame during that period. The ruling party lost presidential election in 2015, and a new coalition party came to power. This category of Igbo elites were angry at the loss of political offices and influence, with the perquisites involved; patronage in contracts and appointments into the boards of Fed Govt MDAs, etc. They could not come to terms with the change.*

*2. Even before the new President was sworn-in, the pro-Biafran IPOB group, which had campaigned for the then ruling party in 2014, had started a vicious campaign of hate, abuses and lies against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, and his ethnic group, and the North in general. The disgruntled elites kept supporting and fueling the campaign. It didn't matter that SouthEast was visibly getting more infrastructural development in the fewer years of the present Fed Govt than it got in the longer period of the past ruling party. All that ruled the day were anger, hate, venting the spleen, pull-down-the-roof mindset.*

*3. The IPOB pro-Biafran agitation had been an umbrella for sundry youth criminal groups: armed robbers, cultists, ritualists, fraudsters, drifters, etc. Their common uniting factor is anachist inclination and proclivity for violence, which is justified as a necessary requirement of a "revolution" to first destroy the existing system, and when the "revolution" has succeeded, then you rebuild everything better. The youths were brainwashed on such diet. The various groups cooperated in sourcing for arms and ammunition for the "revolution", to imbue themselves with greater authority. The disgruntled elites promoted and supported it, as long as it was primarily directed at the Fed Govt and its facilities in the SouthEast. The elites never believed in any Biafran "revolution" though. They knew it cannot happen. The campaign was all provocative rascality, insults and abuses in a running hate propaganda and lies, being juiced with doctored and photo-shopped video clips and a steady flow of fake news. And it was all sweet melody as long as it was directed at President Buhari and his Govt.*

*4. Sample: There are four (4) military service chiefs, and normally, two come from the North, and two from the South. It is still the same under the present Fed Govt. But you could hear every imaginable twisted narrative and lies about marginalisation and sectionalism against the South and the Igbos in particular. Since this 4th Republic started in 1999, Nigeria has had four (4) Presidents, including the present one. Two had come from the South (Obasanjo and Jonathan from SouthWest and SouthSouth respectively), and two from the North (Yar' Adua and Buhari, both from NorthWest). So, out of the six geopolitical zones, three have produced the President and three have not. This is public knowledge.*

*5. You can hear some highly placed Igbo leaders/opposition politicians shouting loud and clear that only the SouthEast has not produced a President since 1999 while all other zones have done so, and that this is injustice and inequity against Igbos and that Nigeria cannot survive without justice and equity. That's like insulting the sensibilities of other members of the Nigerian space, as well as issuing a threat. And those leading this chorus are well educated, very knowledgeable and internationally exposed persons who the less educated and ignorant masses look up to, for facts and guidance. When the base human emotions, the animal human nature, takes over, intellect and enlightenment is relegated. Such brazen lies are told to whip up rash emotions and victimhood mindset which lead to dishing out insults, abuses and hate speech against some other members of the Nigerian space.*

*6. You cannot win the free-will votes of Nigerians by such method. Or do we think we can go to court, obtain an injunction, then come back to nominate a President which Nigerians must accept without voting, or must vote for, all because "it is our turn"? Meanwhile, some other leaders from other parts of the country have been busy building and mobilising grassroot support from across the zones, with a view to gaining their votes in next year's presidential election. Are we expecting they should do the cultivation labour and then hand over the harvest to us, because "it is our turn"? Foolish is not Igbo.*

*7. Some of our loud voices believe so much in Josef Goebbels' strategy of Big-Lie: Tell the lie boldly and repeatedly, and the masses will believe it to be the truth. Nazi Germany applied it in its drive to exterminate the Jews and "rid Europe of inferior nations", while deceiving the wider world as to the true situation on the ground. But that did not go far before Germany suffered a devastating collapse, and the future generation learnt to say, "never again". If some of the Igbo leaders of today continue to rely on such strategy, then we could expect a similar backlash, because this form of dirty politics breeds violent conflict and destruction.*

*8. The vicious campaign failed to bring down President Buhari's Govt, and did not also succeed in intimidating and blackmailing the President to do their dictate. Their game plan did not work out. Contradictions set in, and in a twist, the mad dog trained to attack the enemy, turned against its master breeder, and we are all caught up in a fix, confused about the way out. Some prominent spokesmen would attack the person of the President: that he has been romancing Boko Haram and bandits in the North, releasing them and granting them amnesty, while refusing to release a freedom fighter (Nnamdi Kanu) who has not committed any offence, and that Nigeria will know no peace if he is not released. At the same time, another top leader of the same group would say they are appealing or pleading with the President to release the detainee in order to douse tension in the SouthEast, because it's all about equity and fairness, and that is the only way for Nigeria to move forward; that the President is the father of the nation and should forgive the detainee as his son. This is not how to seek for "political solution" if they think that's what they are doing. They are still dishing out insults and threats.*

*QUESTIONS:*

*9. What plan has the Igbo leaders laid out to get the armed gangs to renounce violence, surrender their weapons and be rehabilitated in a kind of amnesty program?*
*Or are they thinking that the Fed Govt should keep quiet and watch armed gangs of non-state actors take over the space and dictate what happens, by using threats and wanton violence? No responsible national government anywhere in the world will tolerate that. Threats, blackmail and insults cannot work here. Nor will simpletonic cunning and fox game work. We must take responsibility, with forthright approach in seeking solution to the problem, then we could be sure of cooperation and support from the Fed Govt, particularly in the area of funding.*

*10. Those talking of "unconditional release' of Nnamdi Kanu, from the ongoing terrorism-related court trial, are simply jesting, dancing to cheap gallery, entertaining and deceiving themselves and the local folks. It shows crass insensitivity and total disregard to serious national-security concern, as well as insulting the sensibilities of other groups of Nigerian stakeholders. We better wisen up and think better.*

*11. Recall that this group of pro-Biafran agitators were attacking and destroying Fed Govt facilities in the SouthEast, attacking and killing duty police men and women and their stations burnt, as well as attacking members of other Fed Govt security agencies, and killing Igbo leaders and peasants who disagreed with their method. How many of these elders publicly spoke out against that? It was as if some of them were celebrating the feat and blaming the Fed Govt for creating the situation. That was before the leader of the group was re-arrested outside the country and brought home to face court trial. Has the group denounced such violence?*

*12. Now that the monster we created has turned back to attack us, we must take responsibility, with a spirit of forthrightness and atonement, in seeking for solution to the problem. Empty grandstanding, cunning and fox game, can only drag and worsen the situation. President Buhari will soon complete his tenure of office and another President (most likely from the SouthWest) will take over, and we could again start attacking him with insults, abuses and hate propaganda, which will lead us nowhere and cannot succeed in intimidating the new person to do our biddings".*

Copied from the wall of Dafila Rotimi Ayoku-Owolawi

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Thortp(m): 2:52pm On Nov 17, 2022
Not everyone is wise

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Nightwolf1: 2:56pm On Nov 17, 2022
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BABANGBALI:
GENERAL IHEJIRIKA, EX COAS HAS BURNT THE TABLE DESTROYED BY SOLUDO PATAPATA....... assignment for Obidients

*Former chief of army staff, Gen Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd) writes:*

*"FOOLISH IS NOT IGBO"*

*BACKGROUND*

*1. Since 1999, the SouthEast had belonged to the ruling political party at the centre---Fed Govt, which we had overwhelmingly voted for, in all past elections, and the party had over 15 unbroken years in power. Most Igbo elites of today (political, socio-cultural, business, and to some extent, clerical), made their fortune and fame during that period. The ruling party lost presidential election in 2015, and a new coalition party came to power. This category of Igbo elites were angry at the loss of political offices and influence, with the perquisites involved; patronage in contracts and appointments into the boards of Fed Govt MDAs, etc. They could not come to terms with the change.*

*2. Even before the new President was sworn-in, the pro-Biafran IPOB group, which had campaigned for the then ruling party in 2014, had started a vicious campaign of hate, abuses and lies against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, and his ethnic group, and the North in general. The disgruntled elites kept supporting and fueling the campaign. It didn't matter that SouthEast was visibly getting more infrastructural development in the fewer years of the present Fed Govt than it got in the longer period of the past ruling party. All that ruled the day were anger, hate, venting the spleen, pull-down-the-roof mindset.*

*3. The IPOB pro-Biafran agitation had been an umbrella for sundry youth criminal groups: armed robbers, cultists, ritualists, fraudsters, drifters, etc. Their common uniting factor is anachist inclination and proclivity for violence, which is justified as a necessary requirement of a "revolution" to first destroy the existing system, and when the "revolution" has succeeded, then you rebuild everything better. The youths were brainwashed on such diet. The various groups cooperated in sourcing for arms and ammunition for the "revolution", to imbue themselves with greater authority. The disgruntled elites promoted and supported it, as long as it was primarily directed at the Fed Govt and its facilities in the SouthEast. The elites never believed in any Biafran "revolution" though. They knew it cannot happen. The campaign was all provocative rascality, insults and abuses in a running hate propaganda and lies, being juiced with doctored and photo-shopped video clips and a steady flow of fake news. And it was all sweet melody as long as it was directed at President Buhari and his Govt.*

*4. Sample: There are four (4) military service chiefs, and normally, two come from the North, and two from the South. It is still the same under the present Fed Govt. But you could hear every imaginable twisted narrative and lies about marginalisation and sectionalism against the South and the Igbos in particular. Since this 4th Republic started in 1999, Nigeria has had four (4) Presidents, including the present one. Two had come from the South (Obasanjo and Jonathan from SouthWest and SouthSouth respectively), and two from the North (Yar' Adua and Buhari, both from NorthWest). So, out of the six geopolitical zones, three have produced the President and three have not. This is public knowledge.*

*5. You can hear some highly placed Igbo leaders/opposition politicians shouting loud and clear that only the SouthEast has not produced a President since 1999 while all other zones have done so, and that this is injustice and inequity against Igbos and that Nigeria cannot survive without justice and equity. That's like insulting the sensibilities of other members of the Nigerian space, as well as issuing a threat. And those leading this chorus are well educated, very knowledgeable and internationally exposed persons who the less educated and ignorant masses look up to, for facts and guidance. When the base human emotions, the animal human nature, takes over, intellect and enlightenment is relegated. Such brazen lies are told to whip up rash emotions and victimhood mindset which lead to dishing out insults, abuses and hate speech against some other members of the Nigerian space.*

*6. You cannot win the free-will votes of Nigerians by such method. Or do we think we can go to court, obtain an injunction, then come back to nominate a President which Nigerians must accept without voting, or must vote for, all because "it is our turn"? Meanwhile, some other leaders from other parts of the country have been busy building and mobilising grassroot support from across the zones, with a view to gaining their votes in next year's presidential election. Are we expecting they should do the cultivation labour and then hand over the harvest to us, because "it is our turn"? Foolish is not Igbo.*

*7. Some of our loud voices believe so much in Josef Goebbels' strategy of Big-Lie: Tell the lie boldly and repeatedly, and the masses will believe it to be the truth. Nazi Germany applied it in its drive to exterminate the Jews and "rid Europe of inferior nations", while deceiving the wider world as to the true situation on the ground. But that did not go far before Germany suffered a devastating collapse, and the future generation learnt to say, "never again". If some of the Igbo leaders of today continue to rely on such strategy, then we could expect a similar backlash, because this form of dirty politics breeds violent conflict and destruction.*

*8. The vicious campaign failed to bring down President Buhari's Govt, and did not also succeed in intimidating and blackmailing the President to do their dictate. Their game plan did not work out. Contradictions set in, and in a twist, the mad dog trained to attack the enemy, turned against its master breeder, and we are all caught up in a fix, confused about the way out. Some prominent spokesmen would attack the person of the President: that he has been romancing Boko Haram and bandits in the North, releasing them and granting them amnesty, while refusing to release a freedom fighter (Nnamdi Kanu) who has not committed any offence, and that Nigeria will know no peace if he is not released. At the same time, another top leader of the same group would say they are appealing or pleading with the President to release the detainee in order to douse tension in the SouthEast, because it's all about equity and fairness, and that is the only way for Nigeria to move forward; that the President is the father of the nation and should forgive the detainee as his son. This is not how to seek for "political solution" if they think that's what they are doing. They are still dishing out insults and threats.*

*QUESTIONS:*

*9. What plan has the Igbo leaders laid out to get the armed gangs to renounce violence, surrender their weapons and be rehabilitated in a kind of amnesty program?*
*Or are they thinking that the Fed Govt should keep quiet and watch armed gangs of non-state actors take over the space and dictate what happens, by using threats and wanton violence? No responsible national government anywhere in the world will tolerate that. Threats, blackmail and insults cannot work here. Nor will simpletonic cunning and fox game work. We must take responsibility, with forthright approach in seeking solution to the problem, then we could be sure of cooperation and support from the Fed Govt, particularly in the area of funding.*

*10. Those talking of "unconditional release' of Nnamdi Kanu, from the ongoing terrorism-related court trial, are simply jesting, dancing to cheap gallery, entertaining and deceiving themselves and the local folks. It shows crass insensitivity and total disregard to serious national-security concern, as well as insulting the sensibilities of other groups of Nigerian stakeholders. We better wisen up and think better.*

*11. Recall that this group of pro-Biafran agitators were attacking and destroying Fed Govt facilities in the SouthEast, attacking and killing duty police men and women and their stations burnt, as well as attacking members of other Fed Govt security agencies, and killing Igbo leaders and peasants who disagreed with their method. How many of these elders publicly spoke out against that? It was as if some of them were celebrating the feat and blaming the Fed Govt for creating the situation. That was before the leader of the group was re-arrested outside the country and brought home to face court trial. Has the group denounced such violence?*

*12. Now that the monster we created has turned back to attack us, we must take responsibility, with a spirit of forthrightness and atonement, in seeking for solution to the problem. Empty grandstanding, cunning and fox game, can only drag and worsen the situation. President Buhari will soon complete his tenure of office and another President (most likely from the SouthWest) will take over, and we could again start attacking him with insults, abuses and hate propaganda, which will lead us nowhere and cannot succeed in intimidating the new person to do our biddings".*

Copied from the wall of Dafila Rotimi Ayoku-Owolawi
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Long and disjointed nonsense replete with lies. Peter Obi is in Port Harcourt commissioning project. Agbado cocaine addicts are busy writing epistle grin

Thîefnubu is a cocaine addict and his followers are drug junkies grin

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by PlayerMeji: 2:56pm On Nov 17, 2022
Another gbas gbos for urchins..

Obi won't make a distant 4th...

Some of our loud voices believe so much in Josef Goebbels' strategy of Big-Lie: Tell the lie boldly and repeatedly, and the masses will believe it to be the truth.

One lie told repeatedly is Tinubu is a drug baron!

Yet, the man moves up and down the globe and interpol has not arrested him!!

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by MandelaLives: 2:56pm On Nov 17, 2022
grin

Only fools think Soludo made sense just because he is a professor. See how this doctor crushed his letter - if you watch this video shame no go gree u to support Soludo again


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhrrTVfqnLo

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by onumadu: 2:58pm On Nov 17, 2022
OLD article.
Fake news in today's context.

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by slivertongue: 2:59pm On Nov 17, 2022
Apt

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by PlayerMeji: 3:05pm On Nov 17, 2022
Nightwolf1:
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Long and disjointed nonsense replete with lies. Peter Obi is in Port Harcourt commissioning project. Agbado cocaine addicts are busy writing epistle grin

Thîefnubu is a cocaine addict and his followers are drug junkies grin

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by PlayerMeji: 3:07pm On Nov 17, 2022
Urchin, we no dey watch...

Urchin wants to make YouTube money on top Soludo matters...

MandelaLives:
grin

Only fools think Soludo made sense just because he is a professor. See how this doctor crushed his letter - if you watch this video shame no go gree u to support Soludo again


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhrrTVfqnLo

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by bushjeph: 3:12pm On Nov 17, 2022
Abia state have men like GEN IHEJERIKA and still wallow in intellectual hallabulla. Oga General, direct your epistle to OKEZIE

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by mycar: 3:15pm On Nov 17, 2022
Well written but who is he blaming? the powerless citizens or the controller of the armed forces

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Racoon(m): 3:15pm On Nov 17, 2022
Well nothing new.This was the same Lt.Gen.Azubuike Ihejirika who the north always killed and almost drag him to the ICC because he gave it to BH terrorists wotowoto backed then under the Jonathan presidency

This was the same man that was almost consumed by the lopsided arms probe scandal of the Buhari-led govt until Ohaneze and other Igbo stakeholders intervened when it was becoming imminent Ihejirika will go down while his predecessors as COAS( Lt.Gen. Abdulrahaman Danbazzau and successor-Tukur Buratai were skillfully exonerated despite their culpribility during the time under review simply because they belong to the favoured clique.
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by FreeStuffsNG: 3:16pm On Nov 17, 2022
Thortp:
Not everyone is wise
Some people are overwise o wink
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Mrkindness: 3:28pm On Nov 17, 2022
Fake news, Ihejirika is not your mate please respect the Man and don't insult him with your useless urchins vibe.
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Conrod: 3:32pm On Nov 17, 2022
bushjeph:
Abia state have men like GEN IHEJERIKA and still wallow in intellectual hallabulla. Oga General, direct your epistle to OKEZIE
If you believe that crap is from gen.ihejirika ,then you can believe anything.
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Nobody: 3:44pm On Nov 17, 2022
Nightwolf1:
[s][/s]

Long and disjointed nonsense replete with lies. Peter Obi is in Port Harcourt commissioning project. Agbado cocaine addicts are busy writing epistle grin

Thîefnubu is a cocaine addict and his followers are drug junkies grin

Na wa oo

You con quote that LONG thing shocked
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Obakoolex(m): 3:53pm On Nov 17, 2022
Nightwolf1:
[s][/s]

Long and disjointed nonsense replete with lies. Peter Obi is in Port Harcourt commissioning project. Agbado cocaine addicts are busy writing epistle grin

Thîefnubu is a cocaine addict and his followers are drug junkies grin
First you had to quote the whole write up to show your level of reasoning,
Secondly your inconsequential point shows you're a hate filled fellow only interested in abuse without anything meaningful to add. Shame
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by seborrhic: 4:01pm On Nov 17, 2022
If Ihejirika truly wrote the above,which I have an inkling maybe denied pretty soon,then he is as uneducated as they come and one can glean from the entire write-up that he is just positioning himself for an appointment or dropping of any pending criminal charge by the APC government,if it wins re-election.
As I said though,I am suspecting Ihejirika will come out soon to deny being the author of the article.
It maybe one of those numerous pieces concocted by someone and attaching the name of a prominent person to it.
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by ALTERNATEID: 4:04pm On Nov 17, 2022
Obi supporters, oya come and abuse Ihejerika as usual.

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Seefinish: 4:12pm On Nov 17, 2022
Ihejirika was part of that PDP sixteen wasted years. Many generals were sent on compulsory retirement for him to emerge.
Saying that PDP didn't do anything in southeast for the sixteen years in power is an act of ungratefulness. Even if PDP didn't do anything in southeast, appointing him as COAS the position no Igbo has ever held since the civil war is an achievement

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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Nightwolf1: 4:16pm On Nov 17, 2022
Obakoolex:

First you had to quote the whole write up to show your level of reasoning,
Secondly your inconsequential point shows you're a hate filled fellow only interested in abuse without anything meaningful to add. Shame


You are just being foolish for using an old and irrelevant article to perpetuate your hate for Peter Obi not minding the fact that u are assiduously working for a known cocaine addict. Shameless dweeb

Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by gidgiddy: 4:38pm On Nov 17, 2022
BABANGBALI:
GENERAL IHEJIRIKA, EX COAS HAS BURNT THE TABLE DESTROYED BY SOLUDO PATAPATA....... assignment for Obidients

*Former chief of army staff, Gen Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd) writes:*

*"FOOLISH IS NOT IGBO"*

*BACKGROUND*

*1. Since 1999, the SouthEast had belonged to the ruling political party at the centre---Fed Govt, which we had overwhelmingly voted for, in all past elections, and the party had over 15 unbroken years in power. Most Igbo elites of today (political, socio-cultural, business, and to some extent, clerical), made their fortune and fame during that period. The ruling party lost presidential election in 2015, and a new coalition party came to power. This category of Igbo elites were angry at the loss of political offices and influence, with the perquisites involved; patronage in contracts and appointments into the boards of Fed Govt MDAs, etc. They could not come to terms with the change.*

*2. Even before the new President was sworn-in, the pro-Biafran IPOB group, which had campaigned for the then ruling party in 2014, had started a vicious campaign of hate, abuses and lies against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, and his ethnic group, and the North in general. The disgruntled elites kept supporting and fueling the campaign. It didn't matter that SouthEast was visibly getting more infrastructural development in the fewer years of the present Fed Govt than it got in the longer period of the past ruling party. All that ruled the day were anger, hate, venting the spleen, pull-down-the-roof mindset.*

*3. The IPOB pro-Biafran agitation had been an umbrella for sundry youth criminal groups: armed robbers, cultists, ritualists, fraudsters, drifters, etc. Their common uniting factor is anachist inclination and proclivity for violence, which is justified as a necessary requirement of a "revolution" to first destroy the existing system, and when the "revolution" has succeeded, then you rebuild everything better. The youths were brainwashed on such diet. The various groups cooperated in sourcing for arms and ammunition for the "revolution", to imbue themselves with greater authority. The disgruntled elites promoted and supported it, as long as it was primarily directed at the Fed Govt and its facilities in the SouthEast. The elites never believed in any Biafran "revolution" though. They knew it cannot happen. The campaign was all provocative rascality, insults and abuses in a running hate propaganda and lies, being juiced with doctored and photo-shopped video clips and a steady flow of fake news. And it was all sweet melody as long as it was directed at President Buhari and his Govt.*

*4. Sample: There are four (4) military service chiefs, and normally, two come from the North, and two from the South. It is still the same under the present Fed Govt. But you could hear every imaginable twisted narrative and lies about marginalisation and sectionalism against the South and the Igbos in particular. Since this 4th Republic started in 1999, Nigeria has had four (4) Presidents, including the present one. Two had come from the South (Obasanjo and Jonathan from SouthWest and SouthSouth respectively), and two from the North (Yar' Adua and Buhari, both from NorthWest). So, out of the six geopolitical zones, three have produced the President and three have not. This is public knowledge.*

*5. You can hear some highly placed Igbo leaders/opposition politicians shouting loud and clear that only the SouthEast has not produced a President since 1999 while all other zones have done so, and that this is injustice and inequity against Igbos and that Nigeria cannot survive without justice and equity. That's like insulting the sensibilities of other members of the Nigerian space, as well as issuing a threat. And those leading this chorus are well educated, very knowledgeable and internationally exposed persons who the less educated and ignorant masses look up to, for facts and guidance. When the base human emotions, the animal human nature, takes over, intellect and enlightenment is relegated. Such brazen lies are told to whip up rash emotions and victimhood mindset which lead to dishing out insults, abuses and hate speech against some other members of the Nigerian space.*

*6. You cannot win the free-will votes of Nigerians by such method. Or do we think we can go to court, obtain an injunction, then come back to nominate a President which Nigerians must accept without voting, or must vote for, all because "it is our turn"? Meanwhile, some other leaders from other parts of the country have been busy building and mobilising grassroot support from across the zones, with a view to gaining their votes in next year's presidential election. Are we expecting they should do the cultivation labour and then hand over the harvest to us, because "it is our turn"? Foolish is not Igbo.*

*7. Some of our loud voices believe so much in Josef Goebbels' strategy of Big-Lie: Tell the lie boldly and repeatedly, and the masses will believe it to be the truth. Nazi Germany applied it in its drive to exterminate the Jews and "rid Europe of inferior nations", while deceiving the wider world as to the true situation on the ground. But that did not go far before Germany suffered a devastating collapse, and the future generation learnt to say, "never again". If some of the Igbo leaders of today continue to rely on such strategy, then we could expect a similar backlash, because this form of dirty politics breeds violent conflict and destruction.*

*8. The vicious campaign failed to bring down President Buhari's Govt, and did not also succeed in intimidating and blackmailing the President to do their dictate. Their game plan did not work out. Contradictions set in, and in a twist, the mad dog trained to attack the enemy, turned against its master breeder, and we are all caught up in a fix, confused about the way out. Some prominent spokesmen would attack the person of the President: that he has been romancing Boko Haram and bandits in the North, releasing them and granting them amnesty, while refusing to release a freedom fighter (Nnamdi Kanu) who has not committed any offence, and that Nigeria will know no peace if he is not released. At the same time, another top leader of the same group would say they are appealing or pleading with the President to release the detainee in order to douse tension in the SouthEast, because it's all about equity and fairness, and that is the only way for Nigeria to move forward; that the President is the father of the nation and should forgive the detainee as his son. This is not how to seek for "political solution" if they think that's what they are doing. They are still dishing out insults and threats.*

*QUESTIONS:*

*9. What plan has the Igbo leaders laid out to get the armed gangs to renounce violence, surrender their weapons and be rehabilitated in a kind of amnesty program?*
*Or are they thinking that the Fed Govt should keep quiet and watch armed gangs of non-state actors take over the space and dictate what happens, by using threats and wanton violence? No responsible national government anywhere in the world will tolerate that. Threats, blackmail and insults cannot work here. Nor will simpletonic cunning and fox game work. We must take responsibility, with forthright approach in seeking solution to the problem, then we could be sure of cooperation and support from the Fed Govt, particularly in the area of funding.*

*10. Those talking of "unconditional release' of Nnamdi Kanu, from the ongoing terrorism-related court trial, are simply jesting, dancing to cheap gallery, entertaining and deceiving themselves and the local folks. It shows crass insensitivity and total disregard to serious national-security concern, as well as insulting the sensibilities of other groups of Nigerian stakeholders. We better wisen up and think better.*

*11. Recall that this group of pro-Biafran agitators were attacking and destroying Fed Govt facilities in the SouthEast, attacking and killing duty police men and women and their stations burnt, as well as attacking members of other Fed Govt security agencies, and killing Igbo leaders and peasants who disagreed with their method. How many of these elders publicly spoke out against that? It was as if some of them were celebrating the feat and blaming the Fed Govt for creating the situation. That was before the leader of the group was re-arrested outside the country and brought home to face court trial. Has the group denounced such violence?*

*12. Now that the monster we created has turned back to attack us, we must take responsibility, with a spirit of forthrightness and atonement, in seeking for solution to the problem. Empty grandstanding, cunning and fox game, can only drag and worsen the situation. President Buhari will soon complete his tenure of office and another President (most likely from the SouthWest) will take over, and we could again start attacking him with insults, abuses and hate propaganda, which will lead us nowhere and cannot succeed in intimidating the new person to do our biddings".*

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You people should stop spreading fake news that has no source
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by benardtotti(m): 5:25pm On Nov 17, 2022
BABANGBALI:
GENERAL IHEJIRIKA, EX COAS HAS BURNT THE TABLE DESTROYED BY SOLUDO PATAPATA....... assignment for Obidients

*Former chief of army staff, Gen Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd) writes:*

*"FOOLISH IS NOT IGBO"*

*BACKGROUND*

*1. Since 1999, the SouthEast had belonged to the ruling political party at the centre---Fed Govt, which we had overwhelmingly voted for, in all past elections, and the party had over 15 unbroken years in power. Most Igbo elites of today (political, socio-cultural, business, and to some extent, clerical), made their fortune and fame during that period. The ruling party lost presidential election in 2015, and a new coalition party came to power. This category of Igbo elites were angry at the loss of political offices and influence, with the perquisites involved; patronage in contracts and appointments into the boards of Fed Govt MDAs, etc. They could not come to terms with the change.*

*2. Even before the new President was sworn-in, the pro-Biafran IPOB group, which had campaigned for the then ruling party in 2014, had started a vicious campaign of hate, abuses and lies against the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, and his ethnic group, and the North in general. The disgruntled elites kept supporting and fueling the campaign. It didn't matter that SouthEast was visibly getting more infrastructural development in the fewer years of the present Fed Govt than it got in the longer period of the past ruling party. All that ruled the day were anger, hate, venting the spleen, pull-down-the-roof mindset.*

*3. The IPOB pro-Biafran agitation had been an umbrella for sundry youth criminal groups: armed robbers, cultists, ritualists, fraudsters, drifters, etc. Their common uniting factor is anachist inclination and proclivity for violence, which is justified as a necessary requirement of a "revolution" to first destroy the existing system, and when the "revolution" has succeeded, then you rebuild everything better. The youths were brainwashed on such diet. The various groups cooperated in sourcing for arms and ammunition for the "revolution", to imbue themselves with greater authority. The disgruntled elites promoted and supported it, as long as it was primarily directed at the Fed Govt and its facilities in the SouthEast. The elites never believed in any Biafran "revolution" though. They knew it cannot happen. The campaign was all provocative rascality, insults and abuses in a running hate propaganda and lies, being juiced with doctored and photo-shopped video clips and a steady flow of fake news. And it was all sweet melody as long as it was directed at President Buhari and his Govt.*

*4. Sample: There are four (4) military service chiefs, and normally, two come from the North, and two from the South. It is still the same under the present Fed Govt. But you could hear every imaginable twisted narrative and lies about marginalisation and sectionalism against the South and the Igbos in particular. Since this 4th Republic started in 1999, Nigeria has had four (4) Presidents, including the present one. Two had come from the South (Obasanjo and Jonathan from SouthWest and SouthSouth respectively), and two from the North (Yar' Adua and Buhari, both from NorthWest). So, out of the six geopolitical zones, three have produced the President and three have not. This is public knowledge.*

*5. You can hear some highly placed Igbo leaders/opposition politicians shouting loud and clear that only the SouthEast has not produced a President since 1999 while all other zones have done so, and that this is injustice and inequity against Igbos and that Nigeria cannot survive without justice and equity. That's like insulting the sensibilities of other members of the Nigerian space, as well as issuing a threat. And those leading this chorus are well educated, very knowledgeable and internationally exposed persons who the less educated and ignorant masses look up to, for facts and guidance. When the base human emotions, the animal human nature, takes over, intellect and enlightenment is relegated. Such brazen lies are told to whip up rash emotions and victimhood mindset which lead to dishing out insults, abuses and hate speech against some other members of the Nigerian space.*

*6. You cannot win the free-will votes of Nigerians by such method. Or do we think we can go to court, obtain an injunction, then come back to nominate a President which Nigerians must accept without voting, or must vote for, all because "it is our turn"? Meanwhile, some other leaders from other parts of the country have been busy building and mobilising grassroot support from across the zones, with a view to gaining their votes in next year's presidential election. Are we expecting they should do the cultivation labour and then hand over the harvest to us, because "it is our turn"? Foolish is not Igbo.*

*7. Some of our loud voices believe so much in Josef Goebbels' strategy of Big-Lie: Tell the lie boldly and repeatedly, and the masses will believe it to be the truth. Nazi Germany applied it in its drive to exterminate the Jews and "rid Europe of inferior nations", while deceiving the wider world as to the true situation on the ground. But that did not go far before Germany suffered a devastating collapse, and the future generation learnt to say, "never again". If some of the Igbo leaders of today continue to rely on such strategy, then we could expect a similar backlash, because this form of dirty politics breeds violent conflict and destruction.*

*8. The vicious campaign failed to bring down President Buhari's Govt, and did not also succeed in intimidating and blackmailing the President to do their dictate. Their game plan did not work out. Contradictions set in, and in a twist, the mad dog trained to attack the enemy, turned against its master breeder, and we are all caught up in a fix, confused about the way out. Some prominent spokesmen would attack the person of the President: that he has been romancing Boko Haram and bandits in the North, releasing them and granting them amnesty, while refusing to release a freedom fighter (Nnamdi Kanu) who has not committed any offence, and that Nigeria will know no peace if he is not released. At the same time, another top leader of the same group would say they are appealing or pleading with the President to release the detainee in order to douse tension in the SouthEast, because it's all about equity and fairness, and that is the only way for Nigeria to move forward; that the President is the father of the nation and should forgive the detainee as his son. This is not how to seek for "political solution" if they think that's what they are doing. They are still dishing out insults and threats.*

*QUESTIONS:*

*9. What plan has the Igbo leaders laid out to get the armed gangs to renounce violence, surrender their weapons and be rehabilitated in a kind of amnesty program?*
*Or are they thinking that the Fed Govt should keep quiet and watch armed gangs of non-state actors take over the space and dictate what happens, by using threats and wanton violence? No responsible national government anywhere in the world will tolerate that. Threats, blackmail and insults cannot work here. Nor will simpletonic cunning and fox game work. We must take responsibility, with forthright approach in seeking solution to the problem, then we could be sure of cooperation and support from the Fed Govt, particularly in the area of funding.*

*10. Those talking of "unconditional release' of Nnamdi Kanu, from the ongoing terrorism-related court trial, are simply jesting, dancing to cheap gallery, entertaining and deceiving themselves and the local folks. It shows crass insensitivity and total disregard to serious national-security concern, as well as insulting the sensibilities of other groups of Nigerian stakeholders. We better wisen up and think better.*

*11. Recall that this group of pro-Biafran agitators were attacking and destroying Fed Govt facilities in the SouthEast, attacking and killing duty police men and women and their stations burnt, as well as attacking members of other Fed Govt security agencies, and killing Igbo leaders and peasants who disagreed with their method. How many of these elders publicly spoke out against that? It was as if some of them were celebrating the feat and blaming the Fed Govt for creating the situation. That was before the leader of the group was re-arrested outside the country and brought home to face court trial. Has the group denounced such violence?*

*12. Now that the monster we created has turned back to attack us, we must take responsibility, with a spirit of forthrightness and atonement, in seeking for solution to the problem. Empty grandstanding, cunning and fox game, can only drag and worsen the situation. President Buhari will soon complete his tenure of office and another President (most likely from the SouthWest) will take over, and we could again start attacking him with insults, abuses and hate propaganda, which will lead us nowhere and cannot succeed in intimidating the new person to do our biddings".*



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So you copied something from one strangers wall and it didn't look fishy to you ? I don't know how you guys feel posting unverified articles up and down and treating it as the gospel truth ?
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by newdawn2017(f): 5:25pm On Nov 17, 2022
Seefinish:
Ihejirika was part of that PDP sixteen wasted years. Many generals were sent on compulsory retirement for him to emerge.
Saying that PDP didn't do anything in southeast for the sixteen years in power is an act of ungratefulness. Even if PDP didn't do anything in southeast, appointing him as COAS the position no Igbo has ever held since the civil war is an achievement
u re very correct my dear. Ibos& ungratefulness re like bread & butter undecided
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by Ttalk: 5:27pm On Nov 17, 2022
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Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by dominic17: 6:02pm On Nov 17, 2022
How did appointment of an individual to the office of COAS affect the life of an average Igbo person?
Seefinish:
Ihejirika was part of that PDP sixteen wasted years. Many generals were sent on compulsory retirement for him to emerge.
Saying that PDP didn't do anything in southeast for the sixteen years in power is an act of ungratefulness. Even if PDP didn't do anything in southeast, appointing him as COAS the position no Igbo has ever held since the civil war is an achievement
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by techWriter1: 6:13pm On Nov 17, 2022
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by 9gerian: 7:03pm On Nov 17, 2022
The General is unbraiding the leaders in the southeast that failed to rise to the occasion to stop non state actors from growing so big to the extent of challenging the constituted authority.

In other words, nobody is in charge or has demonstrated the capacity of bringing calm to the southeast amongst its elders and politicians. Untamed anarchy is what is fast developing. A similar development was witnessed in the north years ago before Boko haram / ISWA eventually came full cycle.

The rest is history…


mycar:
Well written but who is he blaming? the powerless citizens or the controller of the armed forces
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by obyrich(m): 7:58pm On Nov 17, 2022
bushjeph:
Abia state have men like GEN IHEJERIKA and still wallow in intellectual hallabulla. Oga General, direct your epistle to OKEZIE
Do you mind him? Can Abia people point to a road or landmark investment T.A Orji, who was Obi's contemporary, built or left for Abians?
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by mycar: 8:05pm On Nov 17, 2022
9gerian:
The General is unbraiding the leaders in the southeast that failed to rise to the occasion to stop non state actors from growing so big to the extent of challenging the constituted authority.

In other words, nobody is in charge or has demonstrated the capacity of bringing calm to the southeast amongst its elders and politicians. Untamed anarchy is what is fast developing. A similar development was witnessed in the north years ago before Boko haram / ISWA eventually came full cycle.

The rest is history…


The leaders in the south east are not empowered to take on armed criminals, it is the duty of the federal government to address any genuine agitation, What effort did the writer make with his military background, if he a trained military man could not do anything, how then do expect an ordinary civilian to do?
anarchy is a creation of bad leadership, both in state and federal level. leave the elders alone, elders have no police protect.
Re: Gen Ihejirika, Ex Coas Has Burnt The Table Destroyed By Soludo Patapata by ruggedtimi(m): 8:37pm On Nov 17, 2022
Joseph Goebbels..most loyal man ever

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