₦airaland Forum

Former Military Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon (rtd), yesterday, expressed regret that creation of state started by his administration had been bastardized to serve as a means of dividing Nigerians instead of uniting them.

Gowon, who spoke at the international conference on Islam, peace building and political engagement, organised by the Bayero University Kano, argued that the politics of state creation had triggered the battle for supremacy and the contest for power to the disadvantage of national unity.

Gowon also argued that the battle for supremacy among contending forces for political power was the major factor militating against efforts to sustain national unity and peaceful co-existence in the country.

Gowon is truly daft and dumb!
so he forgot that the only reason he created states in 1967 was to divide and conquer the east?
the very same evils of state creation manifesting in all parts of nigeria was only good as a war strategy to defeat eastern region of nigeria.
its like saying that you bring in a deadly snake to feed on the rats in your house, but get surprised when the snake start to bite and kill your own children.

never thought the day would come! whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

i'm still waiting for the name of that Yoruba army officer that led 90% yoruba soldiers to confront invaders in Nigeria.
answer still NONE. they ALL ran away or hide behind aboki soldiers to throw woman punches.
y'all are really very very very weak people.
quite sad.

i found a strange animal in the history of the war.
meet it. 

lol. what a fake soldier
i'm sure without aboki, he would run away too like his older uncle ogundipe

show me ONE [/b]yoruba soldier that led 90% yoruba soldiers to fight anybody in Nigeria
answer is a big fat [b]ZERO. none! nada! zilch! chineke! none!
one ran away even before the first shot was fired. the other one sh!tt and peed his pants while sucking aboki diickk.
your uncle was the figure head of a northern army. his @ss was still whooped!
you are a very very very weak people.
now salute a soldier here! oya go!

show me ONE yoruba soldier that led 90% yoruba soldiers to fight anybody in Nigeria
answer is a big fat ZERO. none! nada! zilch!
one ran away even before the first shot was fired. the other one sh!tt and peed his pants while sucking aboki diickk.
your uncle was the figure head of a northern army. his @ss was still whooped!
you are a very very very weak people.
now salute a soldier here! oya go!

show me ONE yoruba soldier that led 90% yoruba soldiers to fight anybody in Nigeria
answer is a big fat ZERO.  none! nada! zilch!
one ran away even before the first shot was fired. the other one sh!tt and peed his pants while sucking aboki diickk.
your uncle was the figure head of a northern army. his @ss was still whooped!
you are a very very very weak people.
now salute a soldier here! oya go! 

dayokanu:
Warlord who ran away to Abidjan

What a coward

Show me your own yoruba soldier. i mean a yoruba who commanded an army of 90% yorubas to fight against external aggressors.
the answer is a big fat ZERO.
your uncle "led" (lol ) a team of northern soldiers to war. his @ss was still whooped. weak people. loud mouths.

salute a real soldier here, oya go!

a soldier's soldier.

a soldier's soldier

a soldier's soldier. a leader's leader.

a soldier's soldier

simply studying the psychology of mass murderers like Hitler, Saddam, Qaddafi etc would show you that there is no way Hitler killed himself. he escaped. an investigative documentary conducted a dna on the skull alleged to be his in russia. turned out the skull belonged to a woman.

i hope you know that Hitler didn't kill himself.

pic of death

[size=14pt]Horror in Bauchi
•Mother and child, two sisters hacked to death[/size]

•3 houses razed, several injured in night attack on villagers

From PAUL ORUDE, Bauchi
Wednesday, November 30 , 2011

It was a night of horror. Fear and anxiety filled the air. Confusion and pain was the order of the day recently at Gargare, a village in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Four persons, including a mother and her eight-year-old daughter, as well as two other children, were killed while several others received varying degrees of machete cuts.

Three houses in the community were also set ablaze when suspected Hausa-Fulani men attacked the village.
Similar attacks had also occurred in Bar Arewa, Kuru Dodo and Kutaru Sayawa villages earlier in the year which claimed several lives and property.

The attacks on Sayawa villages became pronounced after a crisis erupted in Tafawa Balewa, a troubled town in the state in January between Hausa-Fulani Muslims and Sayawa Christians.

There is no love lost between the two ethnic groups, a mutual suspicion rooted in politics but assuming a bloody religious coloration.
“No fewer than 12 people have been killed in three months, in most barbaric, uncivilised and wicked attacks,” says Barrister Bukata Zyadi.

Zyadi, who serves as the Secretary, Sayawa Council of Elders and Traditional rulers, belives the killings are perpetuated by the Hausa Fulanis.
He says his people, the Sayawa, now live in fear, not knowing which village would be the next target.
One of the five survivors is Mrs Esther Yakubu, 55, currently receiving treatment at the General Hospital, Bogoro with the others.

Esther’s left hand was chopped off from the wrist while the three fingers on her right hand were severed with machetes. The mother of seven also got machete cuts on the head and legs. Most of them received life-threatening cuts.
Esther says she did not know that the worst awaited her as she left Bogoro for Gargare the previous day. She says she had been battling with diabetics and hepatitis for many years.
Speaking with Daily Sun on her hospital bed, Esther, a ward attendant with Bogoro General Hospital, recalled how she lost her left hands and three fingers in the attack.

Esther who was writhing in pain, said: “I was in Bogoro working in the hospital when I started feeling sick. I decided to go and see my parents. At night, I was asleep when I heard gunshots. I wanted to come out but somehow I stayed back. Then I heard Rifkatu shouting. When I ran out, I saw a man hitting her with a machete. Another man attacked me. As he raised the machete to cut me in the head, I raised my hand and he cut it off. There was blood everywhere and I fell down. When they saw blood they left me. They moved to Laraba and killed her.”
Twelve-year old Laraba Samaila and her mother, Rifkatu Samaila, 40, were also macheted to death. Two sisters - Gloria Zakka, 10 and Martha Zakka- were also killed by the merchants of death during the unfortunate attack on the village which occurred around 1:00 am.

Rifkatu’s eldest daughter, Saratu Samaila, 18 was trying to feed her three-month-old son when the attackers stormed the village. Quite miraculously, she survived with her baby.
Saratu, who is still in shock, however received various machete cuts on her head, legs and arms while her son received minor cuts on the face.

Even now, she isn’t aware that her mother, Rifklatu, and her sister, Laraba are dead.
The nursing mother whose baby received minor wounds as a result of the attack recalled: “I was with my baby when they came. He was crying and I wanted to breastfeed him when I heard knock on the door. I heard noises around. I was trying to block the door but they were trying to come in. They pushed the door and came in. They cut me on my head and leg and I fell down. The pain was too much. I was afraid, so I held my baby to my chest. Then I heard voices calling my name but I was confused. They shook me severally but I did not respond. I held my baby tight. I did not want anything to harm him because I love him so much. I thought they were Fulani people. I was afraid. But it was my father. He called me and I answered and he told me not to be afraid.”

Another survivor, Rebecca Zakka, a mother of six, said she was in her room when they attacked her with three of her children. Her youngest child, Gloria Zakka, was killed. Rebecca, 48, is critically injured and lying at the Bogoro Specialist Hospital with her daughter, Mary, and her son, Mbubchang, 10.
Rebecca narrated: “I was in my room when I heard gunshots. The next thing I knew was that the door was kicked open. I got up from my mat where I lay. Then I heard two of my children shouting. Before I knew it, they had entered the room and were hitting me with machetes all over my body, including my head.”

Rebecca’s daughter, Mary, 15, said she saw how her two sisters, Glory and Martha were killed.
Weeping on her hospital bed as she narrated the story, the SS I student of Community Secondary school, Gobbya said: “I was with my sister, Gloria, in the room sleeping when we heard the gunshots. We became afraid. I asked Gloria to stand up so that we can hide. Then we heard more gunshots. I told her that we should open the door and run. We opened the door and saw people with torches. We ran out and they started pursuing us.

I saw Jinhina , my cousin running. I followed him and Gloria followed me. I fell down as I was running and one man cut me on my leg, head and hand. I was struggling and I escaped but he caught Gloria as she ran into us. He hit her on the face and she died.”
One of the villagers, Elisha Hamma, a farmer, said he stood up when he heard gunshot sounds in the dead of the night.
“I heard the cries of the victims but I was too scared to come out. I removed the white shirt I was wearing. My family was inside their room. I knocked on the door to their room and they answered. I asked them to open the door and we escaped through the backyard.

“As we were running, we saw them setting some houses on fire. My uncle,whose wife and three children were attacked, has been sick and was taken to another village for treatment. I called him and told him that his family had been attacked. His daughter was killed and his wife and two other children were hospitalised. He said he had left everything in the hands of God.”

Zyadi, while speaking with Daily Sun in Tafawa Balewa, lamented the nonchalant attitude of the state towards the recent killings in Bogoro and Tafawa Balewa villages which he said began since the January, 2011 crisis in Tafawa Balewa.

He said in the last three months alone, 12 people in the community have been hacked to death.
Zyadi said: “These barbaric, uncivilised and most wicked acts against the Seyawa nation has been on since 1991 to date, and the government of Bauchi State is very much aware of the development. But it’s nonchalant about the crisis and putting an end to it.

“Since the recent episode, from January, 2011 till date, even the security agents posted to Tafawa Balewa and Bogoro are very much aware of these killings. But they don’t care to solve the problem. The soldiers posted here when these killings are happening prevented our people from saving their loved ones. Soldiers were around when it happened in Bar Arewa village, Kurum Dodo village and Kutaru village, yet the soldiers remained mute when the killings were taking place. They are aware but nobody is investigating it.”

The Sayawa leader said based on this, the community has no doubt that the security agencies know about the killings and alleged that they were in support of the attacks against the Sayawa nation.
He wondered why any right thinking person would make women and innocent children target of attacks.
“Our appeal is that women NGOs should come to our aid, especially UNICEF to condemn the killings of these girls. What is the position of the girl child education in Bauchi State if these girls are being killed mercilessly? We are appealing to non-governmental organisations to come to the aid of the community, especially on the recent killings of women and children in the area. The Christians in the north, especially the Middle Belt should rise up and condemn these killings.

“It is a shame that nobody is talking and the government is not showing any interest. It is unfortunate.”
Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Ikechwukwu Aduba, said: “We received the report but I don’t have the details yet. We are trying to get the report from the Divisional Police Officer. You know the problem in the area before now but we have restored peace there, except these little things. But we want to encourage them to form vigilante groups in the communities so that whenever they notice such things, they can inform us so that we can act immediately.”
The CP regretted that there are perennial feuds at the Tafawa Balewa axis, saying the recent attacks are “occasioned by Sayawa, Hausa/Fulani feud cum religious crisis.”

The police boss said: “Having identified these flashpoints and the antecedent security challenges, we remain undaunted and have since strategised with the aim of permanently remaining on top of the situation with the firm resolve to ensure public safety.”

Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) in charge of operations, Alhaji Audu Abubakar, while absolving security operatives of any involvement in the crisis in the area, added that security agencies would not succeed in keeping peace in the area unless the communities resolved to live in peace among them.

The police chief who spoke on the Tafawa Balewa/Bogoro crisis during a tour of commands in the northeast, said: “I see no reason why fellow Nigerians cannot live peacefully with each other. The security agencies are not fighting the communities. There are roles that traditional, community and religious leaders must play in cooperation with the security agencies to achieve lasting peace.

“The different communities must embrace peace and stop this unnecessary fighting. It is uncalled for. Police are not the combatants; it is the warring communities that are the combatants, so nobody should blame the security agencies.”
Chief Press Secretary to Governor Isa Yuguda, Mr. Ishola Michael Adeyemi, said the state government had taken several measures including the creation of Sayawa Chiefdom and districts as a way of bringing peace to the area.
Ishola said it was not true that the government had been nonchalant, saying that no responsible government would sit and watch people being killed in any part of the state.

Ishola assured that the government would not relent in pursuing all necessary avenues to achieve peace. He called on the people of the community to cooperate with the government and security agencies to nip the problem in the bud once and for all.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/nov/30/national-30-11-2011-0021.html

kai, aboki sabi politics well well! 
which one be Northern Friends of the South-South (NFSS) again?
So they know say South-South na part of Igboland? of course they know! only fools don't and aboki is no fool at all. 
more truth is gradually coming out with Ojukwus death.

Ojukwu is truly a legend. 

[size=14pt]Immortalize him –Yerima [/size]

By FEMI ESEKU
Wednesday, November 30 , 2011

Radical politician and founder of[b] Northern Friends of the South-South[/b] (NFSS), Alhaji Suleiman Yerima, has called on the Federal Government to immortalise the late Odumegwu Ojukwu. Yerima said that the Igbo nation, Nigeria and the African continent have lost an illustrious son.

“There is no doubt that the family of the late avatar, Dim Chukwuemeka-Odumegwu Ojukwu, is in great pains over the loss of their benefactor. The Igbo nation, Nigeria and in fact, Africa, had lost an illustrious son indeed,” Yerima said.

According to him, the Igbo nation, since the end of the civil war, has not truly been integrated fully into the mainstream of Nigerian politics, hence his call for the federal government to demonstrate its seriousness towards the nation’s rebranding by honouring the late warlord with state burial.

“It is my believe that the federal government should, as a matter of national importance, respect to Igbo people and also in memory of the departed hero, give a national burial to the late warlord. He should be immortalized for his immense contributions to the development of Nigeria, which cannot be ignored when documenting the history of this great nation,” he said.

He urged the Federal Government to use the death of Ojukwu to demonstrate its unbiased support to the people of South East by laying a foundation that would make every Nigerian, irrespective of their tribal or religious leaning is to feel secured in any part of the nation.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/nov/30/national-30-11-2011-005.html

adamaw2tuf:
A PAID AGENT,YOU CAN CLAIM AKAN THE AKWA IBOMITE OR OKIJA JUJU,ONYOCHA.CHI101 AND HONDREDS OF OTHER USERNAMES THE WAY YOU WISH.ONE THING FOR IS YOUR SMELLY @SS WILL KEEP BEING BURSTED YOU MAD PIG HUUR HUUR.

he thinks he is deceiving anyone

adenkunle may have hated ibos, he equally hated all minorities in the east.

he killed both ibo and minorities. beats me how a fake minority would praise a man who killed his people.

Andre Uweh:
In the U.K, The Irish, The Scots, and The Welsh all hate England. Yet England is the richest, England is the largest, and England is still growing and doing better than all of them put together.
Now go and educate Adekunle.

haha!

now read this:


STERN: What are your troops doing when they march into a town around Port Harcourt, an area where most of the farmers are not Ibos?

ADEKUNLE: We aim at everything that moves.

STERN: Small children tend not to stay put for very long.

ADEKUNLE: I know. I have two myself.


i rest my case

another one

Akamu(sperm@tozoa) ewww!

here is your trophy

Akan:
real shege

[b]when u find out the difference between Ibibio and Annang [/b]come back and talk . And to think i thought u were going to quote something reasonable. mcheeew

so now you are divvying up akwa ibom state to suit your depraved mind? i'll wait until two states emerge from there before discriminating. btw i know you are yoruba.

now who is the fool? lol

biafran surrender speech by general phillip effiong:


Fellow Countrymen,

As you know, I was asked to be the officer administering the Government of this republic on the 10th of January, 1970. Since then, I know that some of you have been waiting to hear a statement from me. I have had extensive consultations with the leaders of the community, both military and civil, and I am now encouraged and hasten to make this statement to you by the mandate of the Armed Forces and the people of this country. I have assumed the leadership of the Government.

Throughout history, injured people have had to resort to arms in their self-defense where peaceful negotiations fail. We are no exception. We took up arms because of the sense of insecurity generated in our people by the events of 1966. We have fought in defense of that cause.

I take this opportunity to congratulate officers and men of our Armed Forces for their gallantry and bravery which had for them the admiration of the whole world. I thank the civil population for their steadfastness and courage in the face of overwhelming odds and starvation. I am convinced now that a stop must be put to the bloodshed which is going on as a result of war. I am also convinced that the suffering of our people must be brought to an immediate end. Our people are now disillusioned and those elements of the old Government regime who have made negotiations and reconciliation impossible have voluntarily removed themselves from our midst.

I have therefore instructed an orderly disengagement of troops. I am dispatching emissaries to make contact with Nigeria's field commanders in places like Onitsha, Owerri, Awka, Enugu and Calabar with a view to arranging armistice. I urge General Gowon, in the name of humanity, to order his troops to pause while an armistice is negotiated in order to avoid the mass suffering caused by the movement of population.

We have always believed that our differences with Nigeria should be settled by peaceful negotiations. A delegation of our people is therefore ready to meet representatives of Nigeria Federal Government anywhere to negotiate a peaceful settlement on the basis of OAU resolutions. The delegation will consist of the Chief Justice, Sir Louis Mbanefo as leader, Professor Eni Njoku, Mr. J. I. Emembolu, [b]Chief A. E. Bassey [/b]and Mr. E. Aguma. The delegation will have full authority to negotiate on our behalf.

I have appointed a council to advise me on the Government of the country. It consists of the Chief Justice, Sir Louis Mbanefo, Brigadier P. C. Amadi (Army), Brigadier C. A. Nwawo (Army), Captain W. A. Anuku (Navy), Wing Commander J. I. Ezeilo (Air Force), Inspector-General of Police, Chief P. I. Okeke, Mr. J. I Emembolu (Attorney-General), Professor Eni Njoku, Dr. I. Eke, [b]Chief A. E. Udofia, Chief Frank Opigo [/b]and Chief J. M. Echeruo. Any question of government in exile is repudiated by our people.

Civilian population are hereby advised to remain calm and cooperate with the the Armed Forces and the Police in the maintenance of law and order. They should remain in their homes and stop mass movements which have increased suffering and loss of lives.

On behalf of our people, I thank those foreign Governments and friends who have steadfastly given us support in our cause. We shall continue to count on their continued help and counsel. I also thank His Holiness the Pope, the Joint Church Aid and other relief organizations, for the help they have given for the relief of suffering and starvation. I appeal to all Governments to give urgent help for relief and to prevail on the Federal Military Government to order their troops to stop all military operations.

May God help us all.

Akan:
real shange

na u be eeiidiot. [b]The anang who shared thesame border with present day Abia fought were the only ones who fought with your Ojukwu [/b]hence the battle of ikot ekpene. The rest of Akwa ibom or Cross river at the time fought with the nigerian army. unamikot

bold face lie. another proof that you are not from akwa ibom state. keep guessing.
btw i know you are alj_harem. awusa foool

fake akwa ibomite, you need to digest this:


The late General (Effiong) was awarded Associate Member of the British Institute of Management (AMBIM). on completion of his ordnance training. He became the first Nigerian Commander of the Ordnance Depot in Yaba, Lagos in 1962, and the first Nigerian Director of Ordnance Services of the Nigerian Army in 1963. He was a Lieutenant Colonel when the country became very unstable after the first coup of January 15, 1966. Major General Aguiyi Ironsi emerged Head of State after the coup was foiled. Effiong was posted to Supreme Headquarters in Lagos as the first Principal Staff Officer. In July 1966 after the counter coup that toppled Ironsi, Effiong was posted to Kaduna as Acting Brigade Commander of the 1st Brigade, Nigerian Army. Several attempts were made on Effiong's life as the country became increasingly very unstable. He finally returned to Enugu on the directive that all military officers redeploy to their regions of origin.

With the end of the war in 1970, Efiong went into business. He was married with 8 children. The late General recounting his experiences during the war to the press in a June 1996 interview, said "I have no regrets whatsoever of my involvement in Biafra or the role I played. The war deprived me of my property, dignity, my name.Yet, I saved so many souls on both sides and by this, I mean Biafra and Nigeria. I’m denied everything; No gratuity no pension. Nothing. I felt that I played a role which has kept this country united till today. I never shot anybody, all I did was as a military personnel and officer, I trained soldiers who went to the bush to fight.

Akan:
real change

what is your own, abi i strike raw nerve? Onyara

you are an heediiot because you are claiming another mans state.
the people you are claiming played second in command in biafra, and fought with the same zeal as igbos to secede.
now, who is the "Onyara" (sic)
even that gave you away because no akwa ibomite would type it that way.

a truly murderous country. now law. no court. a pure jungle