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[size=18pt]14th February 1977 - Wikipedia
Obasanjo raids and burns down Fela Kuti's compound, Fela's elderly mother thrown out of window and fatally wounded[/size]
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https://www.nairaland.com/693700/gov-akume-survives-political-assassination

man this is simple, shouldnt even have been put up here. You fit beat your mama wella wen she done reach 70, no need to throw her off window. Wen she kpai, u go see watin dem go write 4 police statement, oyibo writer no go fit even help ur statement seff, Odeoshi#. Abeg my people see better question here. Who was the first wife of Bongus Ikwe, and why did he stop singing? I here say na baba+ngi+da

The author's argument is not sensible. If Boko Haram bombs some one and he later died in the hospital. Who would you say is responsiblea?

Or did she die of natural cause?

[size=24pt]Fela's song : "Coffin For Head of State" - Refers to the murder of his mother by Obasanjo[/size]


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNmxOx0ap7M&feature=related

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slimdiggi: Am sure it was obj's idea to put her face on the new naira note #guiltyconscience

Lol, veriii true(guityconcience)

berem: [b]but eh! This theophilus danjuma is damn wicked and brutal! Wasn't he the same guy that killed aguiyi ironsi and adekunle fajuyi?

That guy is one of the most dangerous officers of his generation. Why do you think they gave him all the oil block. he has to be satisfied because they know what he is capable of doing. Robot that can't shout. All the operations he has headed has always been on point and deadly. From the Fajuyi/ironsi days to the NAOWA arab robbers in Gombe and Zakibiam.

JAMB question!

who is the brigadier general behind OBJ?

Who killed mama Fela....I believe this is the picture the poster was referring to

Y not ask N/L who killed dele giwa? Abacha, stella obasanjo nd so on

[size=18pt]Obasanjo looted Treasury to start his Farms[/size]

On Dec. 5th, 2005, the European Union (EU) denied giving Pres. Obasanjo a clean bill of health concerning his anti-corruption credentials. This has dented the saintly image the President has cultivated in the past few years.



Elendureports.com can now reveal, according to documents in our possession, that on August 18, 1973, Brigadier Olusegun Obasanjo, the then Commandant of Nigerian Army Corps of Engineers, registered Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. On October 1979, Gen. Obasanjo retired from the Nigerian Army after ruling the country for three years, following the assassination of Gen. Murtala Mohammed. By 1979, Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. started commercial operations with fifty million naira (N50,000,000.00). Given the exchange rate in 1979, the Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. commenced operations with more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000.00).



Until 1979, Olusegun Obasanjo had spent his entire professional life in the Nigerian military. The natural question is how did this man who is reputed to have been an honest soldier float a multi-million dollar company without partners? Who bankrolled Obasanjo Farms, Ltd.? What collateral was provided for loans, if financing was raised through a bank?



Under duress from the public, following allegations of corruption against Pres. Obasanjo, his spokesman, Femi Fani-Kayode, declared that Obasanjo Farms, Limited, headquartered at the Agbeloba House on Quarry Road, Ibara Abeokuta, Ogun State generates a monthly income of about thirty million Naira (N30,000,000.00)



Obasanjo Farms Ltd. is a success story. Yet, it is not an ordinary success story in the sense that it does not follow the normal patterns of rags to riches; the staple from which typical success stories are made. Elendureports.com was reliably informed that Gen. Obasanjo's pet project as Head of State, "Operation Feed the Nation," was set up as a front to divert resources for the funding of Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. Obasanjo Farms, Ltd., is listed as being engaged in poultry and pig farming, which employees about 3,000 people.



The allegation is that money, heavy-duty machinery, and other materials meant for Operation Feed the Nation were diverted to Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. right from its inception. Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. has a huge abattoir at the back of General Hospital in Otta, Ogun State.



In direct contravention to the Nigerian Constitution, Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo still retains the title of Chairman, Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. This allegation is supported by documents in the possession of Elendureports.com. Other members of the top executive of Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. are Elder Daniel W. Atsu, who is the Managing Director, and Bolarinwa Atilade, who is the Financial Controller. WEMA Bank is the company's major account provider, while it maintains accounts in several other local banks.



Ironically, some elected Nigerian public officials have been dragged before the Code of Conduct Tribunal for operating their businesses while in public service. Recently, the President also warned civil servants to desist from engaging in private businesses.



Soon after the Abacha junta imprisoned Obasanjo on trumped up coup charges, Obasanjo Farms, with operational bases in Owiwi, Igboora, Lanlate and Ibadan, started experiencing a down-turn in fortunes. There is speculation that the Abacha regime discouraged people from patronizing the farm. However, after Obasanjo was released from prison and his subsequent drafting to run for president, the farm saw a resurgence of income. Since 1999, Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. has acquired more assets. For example, the President showed off a huge teak farm to one of his close friends some years ago.



Elendureports.com was authoritatively informed that Obasanjo deposited checks worth millions of Naira meant for his Presidential campaign into various company accounts. There are claims that he did not make this money available to his campaign. As at the time of filing this story no audit of his 1999 campaign organization account has been conducted. A source very close to Pres. Obasanjo said, "Money just flowed in and Baba was just using it as he wanted."



Just recently the former Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Audu Ogbeh, revealed that Pres. Olusegun Obasanjo and his bosom friend, Anthony Anenih, have yet to account for forty billion naira (N40 billion) raised for his 1999 Presidential campaign. Ogbeh insisted that the President, through his Legacy Campaign headquarters, was responsible for appropriating the campaign funds.



Also, Lagos lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi, in recent Court submissions regarding the seven billion naira raised for the Obasanjo Presidential Library, presented evidence linking the President to Bells University and Bells Educational Services, a multi-million dollar institution, wholly owned by Obasanjo Holdings, Ltd.



Contrary to popular belief, President Olusegun Obasanjo has yet to publicly declare his assets. In addition, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has yet to publish its findings regarding allegations of corruption made against the President by Abia State Governor, Orji Uzor Kalu. While Nigerians may disagree on almost everything else, it is reasonable to expect that the unanswered question on the minds of the citizenry is: Is the President's anti-corruption war for real or a charade designed to attack opponents, deceive Nigerians and the international community?


The Joint Development Zone (JDZ) is currently the proverbial money tree for the President. The JDZ is a joint venture owned by Nigeria and Sao Tome and Principe. This venture is supposed to manage the large deposits of oil in the Gulf of Guinea. The company managing the mapping of the JDZ is PGS, a company whose Nigerian subsidiary is managed by the father-in-law of Obasanjo's second son. Obasanjo's cronies, Emeka Offor and Wahab Folawiyo, also has business interests in the region.

She was beaten black and blue, molested and probably defiled and you're telling me she aint killed by the soldiers just because she died some months after! Who is that stupid American to believe?

@ op, history says obasanjo, dajuma and co killed her. forget what u read from that American author. those aforementioned peeps knows exactly happened, that's why they've decided to put her face on the 5k note. .

Na boko haram kill her.

Obasanjo Farms Ltd. is a success story. Yet, it is not an ordinary success story in the sense that it does not follow the normal patterns of rags to riches; the staple from which typical success stories are made. Elendureports.com was reliably informed that Gen. Obasanjo's pet project as Head of State, "Operation Feed the Nation," was set up as a front to divert resources for the funding of Obasanjo Farms, Ltd. Obasanjo Farms, Ltd., is listed as being engaged in poultry and pig farming, which employees about 3,000 people.

lets say Obsanjo stole money. How many Northern Thieves leaders have invested their stolen wealth in the country, talk less of having a success story.

Elendureports.com was [b]authoritatively informed [/b]that Obasanjo deposited checks worth millions of Naira meant for his Presidential campaign into various company accounts. There are claims that he did not make this money available to his campaign. As at the time of filing this story no audit of his 1999 campaign organization account has been conducted. A source very close to Pres. Obasanjo said, "Money just flowed in and Baba was just using it as he wanted."

So it's the same crook journalist that has been writing about obasanjo all these years. These are the people that get authoritatively informed that Obasanjo has seen a vision about Mai-Tasini and Boko-haram for 2015

@op wetin u wan use the answer do?

Like I will always say to my friends & those that cared to listen that no one single family in the history of Nigeria has suffered the type of humiliation & chagrin the Kuti's families has suffered in the hands of various Nigerian Govts.

May God Bless their souls, Amen.

Somebody pointed out that Fela's house is a 2 Storey building. That is correct. When I made
reference to the "first storey", I was simply pointing out that his mother was thrown out
of the first storey or second floor window. I was not saying that the house is a one storey
building.

RevealedTV has posted a picture of Fela's mother after that incident. As you can see, apart
from the leg in a cast, she looked okay for somebody that has gone through such trauma.
With proper care she may have survived assuming she had no other hidden ailments.

Some people have gone as far as accusing me of having colonial mentality because I had the
nerve to listen to a white man. But what they don't know is that some Americans know more
about Fela than most Nigerians. So when an American author says publicly that Fela's mother
was not killed by soldiers, one has to take it seriously. As you can see from the picture
below, he seems to have a point even if most of us don't agree with him.

She was killed by the military ..




For those who're talkin about a legal action against the millitary.. I sorry 4 una o ... because Fela himself would rot in jail ... The military jst didnt come to kill his mother like that ..... They had come earlier that day to arrest fela buh fela knwingly electrified d fence which led to some soldiers being electrocuted ... Which u all knw can also be reffered to as manslaughter ... Xo what had u expect d military to do? To sit down nd watch ? In as much as i luv Fela so much ... We should all knw he also had some shortcomings

M M M: She died during an abortion

As at my last record, ur chain was still locked at the Federal Neuropsychiatry Hospitals.
Who untied u?
W E R E Gbibee.

OBJ is the culprit cos he never liked the way Fela was critizising his government ,even when he is not the one that threw the woman from that building someone gave them the order to storm the building and arrest Fela and OBJ won't say he was not in the know ,an instant case is that of Udi in bayelsa state he (obj) can't deny the fact that he gave approval for the onslaught

Ile-Ife:
who is the brigadier general behind OBJ?

That's Major General Joseph Nanven Garba (RIP).

He was commander of the Federal Guards (Dodan Barracks) on July 29th 1966. He ensured that no Igbo soldier died @ Dodan Barracks on that day.

When Brigadier Ogundipe gave an order to a northern NCO, the NCO said "I don't take orders from you until my commander comes". His commander was Joe Garba.

Garba loved basketball and was a member of the national team (he initially set up the basketball court @ Dodan Barracks).

Joe Garba was one of the three officers that conceived and staged the coup that brought Murtala Mohammed to power (he was Brigade of Guards commander and Gowon's CSO @ the time).

He was foreign minister during the Murtala/Obasanjo regime.

He served as president of the. . . Was it the UN General Assembly or the Security Council . . In the early 1990s.

I think he headed the Anti-Apartheid committee in the UN.

naptu2: That's Major General Joseph Nanven Garba (RIP).

He was commander of the Federal Guards (Dodan Barracks) on July 29th 1966. He ensured that no Igbo soldier died @ Dodan Barracks on that day.

When Brigadier Ogundipe gave an order to a northern NCO, the NCO said "I don't take orders from you until my commander comes". He commander was Joe Garba.

Garba loved basketball and was a member of the national team (he initially set up the basketball court @ Dodan Barracks).

Joe Garba was one of the three officers that conceived and staged the coup that brought Murtala Mohammed to power (he was Brigade of Guards commander and Gowon's CSO @ the time).

He was foreign minister during the Murtala/Obasanjo regime.

He served as president of the. . . Was it the UN General Assembly or the Security Council . . In the early 1990s.

Aha! He served as president of the UN General Assembly from 1989 to 1990 http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Nanven_Garba

abeg jare highly disappointed, hw can a foreign source tells u fact abt ur country and u out rightly accept it just lyl dat.

Some of the insults on the memory of this Pan-African leader on this thread are truly unnecessary. What is it in the DNA of some members that cause them to just insult blindly? "she died of Aids, abortion etc" Come on, is this really necessary??!!!! Unfortunately, the military government strategically removed African History from the Nigerian secondary school syllabus so most people in this generation do not realise that Mrs Kuti was at the forefront of our fight for Independence. Fela was her favourite child and she was unfortunately living with him when his home was raided by armed soldiers (and got injured in the process). Till today, Fela is acclaimed as the greatest Nigerian visionary in terms of his analysis of oppression of the poor, military dictatorship, corruption, injustice, democracy and abuse of power by religious leaders. He attributed his fighting spirit to his mother who was one of the greatest Nigerians that ever lived. But some people cowardly decide to sit behind a laptop and insult her? You may want to visit her Grandson, Seun and insult his grandmother, face to face, man to man and report back to Nairaland on your experience.

Ile-Ife:
who is the brigadier general behind OBJ?

Naptu2 has identified him as Major General Joseph Garba. Also the man in suit beside OBJ is
Andrew Young [s]a former secretary general of the United Nations[/s]. He is now in his 80s and still
an OBJ buddy. He recently visited him at Otta farms along with the comedian Chris Tucker.

Update: Naptu2 has pointed out that Andrew Young was an American ambassador to the UN not the
secretary general.

Andrew Young was never sec-gen. He was American ambassador to the UN (also a former mayor of Atlanta). He is a close friend of OBJ (this was helpful during the whole Rhodesia crisis in the '70s).

I watched an interview with a retired British diplomat (civil servant). He said he felt like slapping and strangling Joe Garba when Garba made his speech on the Rhodesia crisis. I thought to my self, this wiry civil servant wanted to slap and strangle a soldier/sportsman? Good luck to him.

I'm searching for an interview Fela granted in which he described what happened on that day (I'd be happy if anybody can find it on Youtube and post it here).

There's also a detailed newspaper interview with one of Fela's girls who was present on the day this happened. According to her, it all started from a traffic dispute between Femi (who was learning to drive) and a soldier or policeman.