₦airaland Forum

jumper524:
tufia watin??
God go real punish lugard for putting me in the midst of infested hate ridden flat headed creatures.

beat we don beat una, diplomacy we don apply yet una no still gree leave North.
bros! Na by force?
we no want una, we no want.
https://www.nairaland.com/2374510/igbos-map-out-5-years

pls when una ho leave this part of the country too?

newgroom:
OPEN LETTER FROM COL. DANGIWA UMAR (RTD) TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI

Muhammadu Buhari,
President,
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dear Mr. President,

MR. PRESIDENT; PLEASE BELONG TO ALL OF US.

“One of the swiftest ways of destroying a Kingdom is to give preference of one particular tribe over another or show favor to one group of people rather than another. And to draw near those who should be kept away and keep away those who should be drawn near” Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio.

I have been prompted to write you this open letter, Mr. President, by the loud sounds of drums, singing and dancing that erupted within many groups in the last few days on the grounds that you attained the 5th year in office as President of Nigeria. It comes as no surprise that enthusiasm for the celebration is not shared equally by segments of the public. While your admirers and supporters believe you have performed well, many others believe the five years you have been in office as our President has not met the yearnings, expectations and change promised Nigerians.

Mr. President, you know me well enough and my position on issues to realize that I can be neither a rabid supporter nor a fanatical opponent of yours. I believe being a responsible citizen is enough reason to wish you well and to work for your success. As we have seen all too clearly these past few years, your success is ours as is your failure. We swim or sink with you!

You might wish to recall that after the results of the 23rd of February 2019 presidential elections were announced, giving you victory, I addressed a press conference during which I urged the runner-up, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, to concede defeat. The reason was clear: tensions were running high and little missteps by the leaders might ignite violence, as often happened after major elections. Some supporters of Abubakar Atiku disagreed with me and told me off. As it happened, Alhaji Atiku went ahead to mount a legal challenge to the outcome of the elections up to the Supreme Court. Mercifully, his actions did not result in an outbreak of violence as we feared.

At the same occasion, I counselled the declared winner, your good self, to use the opportunity of your second term to redeem your pledge of being a leader and president of all Nigerians.

On the occasion of the first-year anniversary into your second four-year term, I feel there is an urgent need to revisit this subject matter.

Mr. President, you have often expressed the hope that history will be kind to you. It is within your competence to write that history. But you have less than three years in which to do it. You may wish to note that any authentic history must be devoid of myth. It will be a true, factual rendition of the record of your performance.

And truth be told, Mr. President, there are quite a lot of things that speak to your remarkable accomplishments, not least of which is that for the first time in our democratic history, a sitting President was defeated. That feat was achieved by Muhammadu Buhari. The reason was the public belief of you as a man of integrity.

The corollary to this is that at the expiration of your 8-year tenure in 2023, your achievements will not be measured solely by the physical infrastructure your administration built. An enduring legacy would be based on those intangible things like how much you uplifted the spirit and moral tone of the nation. How well have you secured the nation from ourselves and from external enemies?

At this time and in the light of all that have happened since you took office, any conversation with you Mr. President cannot gloss over the chaos that has overtaken appointments into government offices in your administration. All those who wish you and the country well must mince no words in warning you that Nigeria has become dangerously polarized and risk sliding into crisis on account of your administration’s lopsided appointments which continues to give undue preference to some sections of the country over others.

Nowhere is this more glaring than in the leadership cadre of our security services.

Mr. President, I regret that there are no kind or gentle words to tell you that your skewed appointments into the offices of the federal government, favoring some and frustrating others, shall bring ruin and destruction to this nation.

I need not remind you, Mr. President, that our political history is replete with great acts of exemplary leadership which, at critical moments, managed to pull this nation back from the precipice and assured its continued existence.

A few examples will demonstrate this:

In February, 1965, the NPC-led Federal Government was faced with a decision to appoint a successor to the outgoing Nigerian Army General Officer Commanding (GOC), General Welby Everard, a Briton. Four most senior officers were nominated; namely, Brigadiers Aguiyi Ironsi, Ogundipe, Ademulegun and Maimalari. The first three were senior to Maimalari but he was deemed to be more qualified due to his superior commission. He was the first Sandhurst Regular trained officer in the Nigerian Army. His being a Muslim Northerner like the Minister of Defense, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu and the Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa granted him added advantage by today’s standards. But to the surprise of even the Igbos, and opposition from some senior NPC members, Minister Ribadu recommended Ironsi, pointing to his seniority. The Prime Minister concurred and Aguiyi Ironsi was confirmed as the first indigenous GOC of the Nigerian Army.

When on 13 February 1976, the Commander-in-Chief, General Murtala Muhammed, was assassinated in a failed Coup de tat, General Olusegun Obasanjo, his deputy and the most senior officer at the time, was sworn in as his successor. The Chief of Army Staff, General T.Y Danjuma, a Northern Christian, was next in line to succeed Obasanjo as the Chief of Staff, SHQ and Deputy Commander in Chief. General Danjuma however waived his right and recommended a much junior officer, Lt. Col. Shehu Musa Yar’adua, for the post. Shehu was promoted two steps up to the rank of Brigadier and appointed Chief of Staff SHQ and Deputy Commander-in-Chief. Lt. Col. Muhammadu Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum. This was done to placate Muslim North which was deemed to have lost one of its own, Murtala Muhammed.

Both the chief of staff, Mr. Sunday Awoniyi, and the personal physician Dr Ishaya Audu to the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, a direct descendant of Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio, were Christians.

Barely nine years after the civil war in 1979, the NPN Presidential candidate, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, picked an Igbo, Dr Alex Ekwueme, as his running mate. They enjoyed a truly brotherly relationship as President and Vice President. President Shagari’s political advisor, Dr Chuba Okadigbo and National Assembly Liaison, assistant, Dr K.O Mbadiwe, were both Igbos. His economic advisor, Prof. Emmanuel Edozien and his Chief of Personnel Staff Dr Michael Prest, were of Niger Delta extraction. Remarkably, all his military service chiefs were Christians with the exception of his last Chief Army Staff, General Inuwa Wushishi under whose tenure he was removed in a military coup de tat.

Mr. President, as a witness and beneficiary, it is our expectation that you would emulate these great acts of statesmanship. Which is why we have continued to engage with you.

You may wish to recall that I had cause to appeal to you, to confirm Justice Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria a few days before the expiration of his three months tenure of acting appointment to be replaced by a Muslim Northerner. We were saved that embarrassment when his nomination was sent to the senate by the then acting President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo. When he was finally confirmed a few days to the end of his tenure, he was removed after a few months and replaced by Justice Muhammed, a Muslim from the North.

May I also invite the attention of Mr. President to the pending matter of appointment of a Chief Judge of the Nigerian Court Appeal which appears to be generating public interest. As it is, the most senior Judge, Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, a northern Christian, is serving out her second three-month term as acting Chief Judge without firm prospects that she will be confirmed substantive head. I do not know Justice Mensem but those who do attest to her competence, honesty and humility. She appears eminently qualified for appointment as the substantive Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal as she is also said to be highly recommended by the National Judicial Council. If she is not and is bypassed in favor of the next in line who happens to be another northern Muslim, that would be truly odd. In which case, even the largest contingent of PR gurus would struggle to rebut the charges that you, Mr. President, is either unwilling or incapable of acting on your pledge to belong to everyone — and to no one. I hope you would see your way into pausing and reflecting on the very grave consequences of such failure not just to your legacy but to the future of our great country.

Thank you for your time, Mr. President.

COL. ABUBAKAR DANGIWA UMAR (RTD)

IkpuNnegiEwu44:
Sensible Northerner is seeing the hand writing on the wall, but ass licking Afonja will disagree. To them, Buhari is the best after Ewedu.

The precedence set by this Govt, may likely lead to war in the future when another tribe have the opportunity to repeat what Buhari is doing

Cosmatikka:
It's only in Nigeria these Fulani names are heard everywhere because of Federal character and quota system.
In the morning we saw a thread about the 10 top Nigerian doctors in the US, and it was Igbos and Yoruba's making us proud.
If they were in Nigeria, they'll be under one aboki appointed by Buhari

jumper524:
what loopsided appointment is this man talking about?

every region got their constitutional required appointment. apart from that every other appointment is politically influenced or should ba based on outstanding merit.

you didn't invest politically you shouldn't reap politically.

learn to be politically smart instead of media noises.

jumper524:
hahaha!!
quota system??
I'm sure quota system is what favoured the South most politically.
if we were to go by merit, the North would rule forever.
and forget your mishap, the South are the greatest beneficiary of quota system, it's the system that made most of you students of the great ABU zari that has produced more governors to the east.

the North are illiterates but still rule over literates,the North who funded the exploration of oil in the Niger Delta is now the lazy and unproductive people??

the North that has been your source of food since independence is now termed as lazy??
nah!! lazy people are the graduates who are fully educated resulting to scam tactics(Yahoo) to fend themselves.

your bitter and would always be bitter, useless and hypocritical.
my religion is good and I'll hold to the doctrine of respecting other religion even if am tempted to.
I won't call Christianity a scam but you would be the scam for your hypocracy in life.

you should be ashamed of yourself that an atheist had to place an oath on this platform on Islamic related tread cos of christains who lack wisdom and knowledge go about littering the religious post with lies and hate.
maybe you were taught to hate other religion in church!
haha!!!
brother you've been failing and your still failing to have sense..

badoh:
Must you always quote southwest in your comment? Why do most of you easterners believe all yorubas are in support of this administration? I have always believe that the only way is for each of the regions to go their separate ways than for someone favouring his geo-political zone in terms of appointment. Let's see if he will still not confirm the woman and allow the next in line, a northerner to take over.

badoh:
Must you always quote southwest in your comment? Why do most of you easterners believe all yorubas are in support of this administration? I have always believe that the only way is for each of the regions to go their separate ways than for someone favouring his geo-political zone in terms of appointment. Let's see if he will still not confirm the woman and allow the next in line, a northerner to take over.

jumper524:
your too dull to comprehend and expand your reasoning.
maybe it's why you saw no northern name.
you forgot the list is cycled about America?

how often do you see prominent Northerners crave about America?

why not expand your research facility to top Nigeria doctors in India, china, dubai then we can talk.

Racoon:
When something goes wrong, then it's time to call a spade a spade.This is what many have been shouting but Mr.President never listen.Segregation of a multi-complex nation like Nigeria by openly skewing appointments based on geo-political or ethno-regious group basis is not right.Nepotism is the mother of all corruption & this is is what Dangiwa(your subordinate back then) have reaffirmed again Mr.President.

Col.Umar Dangiwa is a well known expressly forthright person.He was so damn truthful that he seems to be the only core northern Hausa-fulani that was ready to resign his military commission by his resignation letter to IBB because of the annulment of the June-12 election by the kinsmen back then.I doff my hat sir.

jumper524:
lol!!
cultism, ritualist, militants, frauds and Yahoo has already destroyed you.
to make a point to you southerners, one has to use religious perspective even scammers pastors cos it's your weak point.

your own religion has virtually turned all your girls to prostitutes and your boys to rapist.
since its now morally right to dress inappropriately before going to church, I probably don't blame your section.
the destruction has been completed so you only seek orgasm in thinking others is worst off.
Clear your tent before talking about others.
I'm sure you've worked under several Muslims in your life get you call them terrorist online.

maybe the Bible now sees hypocracy as being normal.

Amotekun2020:
Buhari is A human and economic disaster that befell this nation called Nigeria.
How did this man scam 180M people? It is still a mystery which no political analyst could identified.
It is embarrassing how this man sidelined a multi ethnic and multy religious society like Nigeria to favour his faith and ethnic group.
He is definitely crazy for the North.
Power is transient, the North will surely pay the price in the future.
Nigeria is a time bomb waiting to explode.
It is a crime to be an ibo or Yoruba Christian in Buhari government.
God, what have we done to deserve a wicked bigot like Buhari in a Nation of over 180M?
Please, Dear God, forgive us of our sins and let there be a sudden end to the reign of this despot in a civilian garment.
Remember US o Lord, you delivered us from the hands of Satanic Abacha.
Arise o Lord, deliver the people of Nigeria from this heartless president.
At the peak of hegemony of Abba Kyari, the defacto ruler of Nigeria You proved to him that you alone is the Almighty.
Heavenly father arise and let there be a sudden end of Buhari and his cabals.
They meant evil for your people
They play gods and subject the people of Nigerian to an undescribable hardships.
Almighty God, Arise and put an end to this government.
This Surffering is too much in the land of milk and honey.
Let the whole World know that Nigeria is your favorite country.
Let the world know that you have not forgotten your people.
Thank you O Lord for answering this prayer.
Amen.

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
.Umar daginwa can go fuckkk himself
Am not surprised
A good leader got followers and fuckkking foes
The fuckkking foes see nothing good no matter what a good leader will do
They continue to lambaste

Onyi22:
President Buhari is really trying only that d masses lacks patient

jumper524:
maybe your hatred for other tribes is the reason why the South East has the highest number of foreign drug dealers in foreign prisons, I'm certain it's cause the South have out-begged their poverty that's why they result to stealing.
it has become so bad that the people of the South now enjoy jungle justice.
maybe it's the hatred you guys preach day and Night that is the cause of cultist killing your people day and Night in the South south or extreme poverty made you guys see (Yahoo) scamming as a new lucrative job.
I'm certain it's cause of over population of the east is why brothers kill themselves in the South East cos of land.(they give birth to children like ediots)
or maybe it's because of over richness is why our brothers in the South West mine skull or too much cowardice in the youths is why rape is a daily activity.
I wonder how rachead the South south would be if there were no oil.
they'll be worst than ISIS cos they are only better in vandalizing their very own products.
get your region on track before discriminating others.
oil no oil, hunger would never kill us up north.

newgroom:
OPEN LETTER FROM COL. DANGIWA UMAR (RTD) TO PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI

Muhammadu Buhari,
President,
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces,
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Dear Mr. President,

MR. PRESIDENT; PLEASE BELONG TO ALL OF US.

“One of the swiftest ways of destroying a Kingdom is to give preference of one particular tribe over another or show favor to one group of people rather than another. And to draw near those who should be kept away and keep away those who should be drawn near” Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio.

I have been prompted to write you this open letter, Mr. President, by the loud sounds of drums, singing and dancing that erupted within many groups in the last few days on the grounds that you attained the 5th year in office as President of Nigeria. It comes as no surprise that enthusiasm for the celebration is not shared equally by segments of the public. While your admirers and supporters believe you have performed well, many others believe the five years you have been in office as our President has not met the yearnings, expectations and change promised Nigerians.

Mr. President, you know me well enough and my position on issues to realize that I can be neither a rabid supporter nor a fanatical opponent of yours. I believe being a responsible citizen is enough reason to wish you well and to work for your success. As we have seen all too clearly these past few years, your success is ours as is your failure. We swim or sink with you!

You might wish to recall that after the results of the 23rd of February 2019 presidential elections were announced, giving you victory, I addressed a press conference during which I urged the runner-up, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the PDP, to concede defeat. The reason was clear: tensions were running high and little missteps by the leaders might ignite violence, as often happened after major elections. Some supporters of Abubakar Atiku disagreed with me and told me off. As it happened, Alhaji Atiku went ahead to mount a legal challenge to the outcome of the elections up to the Supreme Court. Mercifully, his actions did not result in an outbreak of violence as we feared.

At the same occasion, I counselled the declared winner, your good self, to use the opportunity of your second term to redeem your pledge of being a leader and president of all Nigerians.

On the occasion of the first-year anniversary into your second four-year term, I feel there is an urgent need to revisit this subject matter.

Mr. President, you have often expressed the hope that history will be kind to you. It is within your competence to write that history. But you have less than three years in which to do it. You may wish to note that any authentic history must be devoid of myth. It will be a true, factual rendition of the record of your performance.

And truth be told, Mr. President, there are quite a lot of things that speak to your remarkable accomplishments, not least of which is that for the first time in our democratic history, a sitting President was defeated. That feat was achieved by Muhammadu Buhari. The reason was the public belief of you as a man of integrity.

The corollary to this is that at the expiration of your 8-year tenure in 2023, your achievements will not be measured solely by the physical infrastructure your administration built. An enduring legacy would be based on those intangible things like how much you uplifted the spirit and moral tone of the nation. How well have you secured the nation from ourselves and from external enemies?

At this time and in the light of all that have happened since you took office, any conversation with you Mr. President cannot gloss over the chaos that has overtaken appointments into government offices in your administration. All those who wish you and the country well must mince no words in warning you that Nigeria has become dangerously polarized and risk sliding into crisis on account of your administration’s lopsided appointments which continues to give undue preference to some sections of the country over others.

Nowhere is this more glaring than in the leadership cadre of our security services.

Mr. President, I regret that there are no kind or gentle words to tell you that your skewed appointments into the offices of the federal government, favoring some and frustrating others, shall bring ruin and destruction to this nation.

I need not remind you, Mr. President, that our political history is replete with great acts of exemplary leadership which, at critical moments, managed to pull this nation back from the precipice and assured its continued existence.

A few examples will demonstrate this:

In February, 1965, the NPC-led Federal Government was faced with a decision to appoint a successor to the outgoing Nigerian Army General Officer Commanding (GOC), General Welby Everard, a Briton. Four most senior officers were nominated; namely, Brigadiers Aguiyi Ironsi, Ogundipe, Ademulegun and Maimalari. The first three were senior to Maimalari but he was deemed to be more qualified due to his superior commission. He was the first Sandhurst Regular trained officer in the Nigerian Army. His being a Muslim Northerner like the Minister of Defense, Alhaji Muhammadu Ribadu and the Prime Minister, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa granted him added advantage by today’s standards. But to the surprise of even the Igbos, and opposition from some senior NPC members, Minister Ribadu recommended Ironsi, pointing to his seniority. The Prime Minister concurred and Aguiyi Ironsi was confirmed as the first indigenous GOC of the Nigerian Army.

When on 13 February 1976, the Commander-in-Chief, General Murtala Muhammed, was assassinated in a failed Coup de tat, General Olusegun Obasanjo, his deputy and the most senior officer at the time, was sworn in as his successor. The Chief of Army Staff, General T.Y Danjuma, a Northern Christian, was next in line to succeed Obasanjo as the Chief of Staff, SHQ and Deputy Commander in Chief. General Danjuma however waived his right and recommended a much junior officer, Lt. Col. Shehu Musa Yar’adua, for the post. Shehu was promoted two steps up to the rank of Brigadier and appointed Chief of Staff SHQ and Deputy Commander-in-Chief. Lt. Col. Muhammadu Buhari was appointed Minister of Petroleum. This was done to placate Muslim North which was deemed to have lost one of its own, Murtala Muhammed.

Both the chief of staff, Mr. Sunday Awoniyi, and the personal physician Dr Ishaya Audu to the Premier of Northern Nigeria, Alhaji Sir Ahmadu Bello, a direct descendant of Sheikh Usman Dan Fodio, were Christians.

Barely nine years after the civil war in 1979, the NPN Presidential candidate, Alhaji Shehu Shagari, picked an Igbo, Dr Alex Ekwueme, as his running mate. They enjoyed a truly brotherly relationship as President and Vice President. President Shagari’s political advisor, Dr Chuba Okadigbo and National Assembly Liaison, assistant, Dr K.O Mbadiwe, were both Igbos. His economic advisor, Prof. Emmanuel Edozien and his Chief of Personnel Staff Dr Michael Prest, were of Niger Delta extraction. Remarkably, all his military service chiefs were Christians with the exception of his last Chief Army Staff, General Inuwa Wushishi under whose tenure he was removed in a military coup de tat.

Mr. President, as a witness and beneficiary, it is our expectation that you would emulate these great acts of statesmanship. Which is why we have continued to engage with you.

You may wish to recall that I had cause to appeal to you, to confirm Justice Onnoghen as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria a few days before the expiration of his three months tenure of acting appointment to be replaced by a Muslim Northerner. We were saved that embarrassment when his nomination was sent to the senate by the then acting President, Prof. Yemi Osibanjo. When he was finally confirmed a few days to the end of his tenure, he was removed after a few months and replaced by Justice Muhammed, a Muslim from the North.

May I also invite the attention of Mr. President to the pending matter of appointment of a Chief Judge of the Nigerian Court Appeal which appears to be generating public interest. As it is, the most senior Judge, Justice Monica Dongban Mensem, a northern Christian, is serving out her second three-month term as acting Chief Judge without firm prospects that she will be confirmed substantive head. I do not know Justice Mensem but those who do attest to her competence, honesty and humility. She appears eminently qualified for appointment as the substantive Chief Judge of the Court of Appeal as she is also said to be highly recommended by the National Judicial Council. If she is not and is bypassed in favor of the next in line who happens to be another northern Muslim, that would be truly odd. In which case, even the largest contingent of PR gurus would struggle to rebut the charges that you, Mr. President, is either unwilling or incapable of acting on your pledge to belong to everyone — and to no one. I hope you would see your way into pausing and reflecting on the very grave consequences of such failure not just to your legacy but to the future of our great country.

Thank you for your time, Mr. President.

COL. ABUBAKAR DANGIWA UMAR (RTD)

Onyi22:
President Buhari is really trying only that d masses lacks patient

badoh:
Must you always quote southwest in your comment? Why do most of you easterners believe all yorubas are in support of this administration? I have always believe that the only way is for each of the regions to go their separate ways than for someone favouring his geo-political zone in terms of appointment. Let's see if he will still not confirm the woman and allow the next in line, a northerner to take over.

IkpuNnegiEwu44:
This is one of the ass licking Afonja I was talking about.

Time will tell

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
.Umar daginwa can go fuckkk himself
Am not surprised
A good leader got followers and fuckkking foes
The fuckkking foes see nothing good no matter what a good leader will do
They continue to lambaste

Onyi22:
President Buhari is really trying only that d masses lacks patient

jumper524:
what loopsided appointment is this man talking about?

every region got their constitutional required appointment. apart from that every other appointment is politically influenced or should ba based on outstanding merit.

you didn't invest politically you shouldn't reap politically.

learn to be politically smart instead of media noises.

Slawormir:
Damnnnnn niggarrr
Isoright
.Umar daginwa can go fuckkk himself
Am not surprised
A good leader got followers and fuckkking foes
The fuckkking foes see nothing good no matter what a good leader will do
They continue to lambaste

Cosmatikka:
It's only in Nigeria these Fulani names are heard everywhere because of Federal character and quota system.
In the morning we saw a thread about the 10 top Nigerian doctors in the US, and it was Igbos and Yoruba's making us proud.
If they were in Nigeria, they'll be under one aboki appointed by Buhari

MPESA:
While they loot and montage your future and of your next few Generations...