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Russia has dismissed “war crimes” accusations against its president as null and void

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Russia has dismissed “war crimes” accusations against its president as null and void
You have no power here: What the ICC ‘arrest warrant’ means for Putin
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday alleged that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Children’s Rights Commissioner Maria Lvova-Belova may have committed war crimes by “deporting” and “transferring” children from Ukraine. Moscow has dismissed the move as preposterous and not legally binding, since Russia never ratified the court’s jurisdiction.

What does the ICC claim?

The Pre-trial Chamber issued an “arrest warrant” for Putin and Lvova-Belova, accusing them of personal and command responsibility for what they described as “unlawful deportation of population (children) and that of unlawful transfer of population (children) from occupied areas of Ukraine.” The accusations appear to be based on the Kiev government’s interpretation of Russian efforts to evacuate civilians away from frontline areas that the Ukrainian military has targeted, often with NATO-supplied weapons.

What does the “warrant” mean?

In legal terms, nothing whatsoever. Though Russia was one of the signatories to the Rome Statute, the ICC’s founding document, it never ratified the treaty and officially withdrew from it in 2016. Whatever the court claims or does is null and void in Russia, both Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov and Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova confirmed on Friday.

Is Russia alone in not recognizing the ICC?

While 123 states have signed the Rome Statute, 41 have not – including China, India, Saudi Arabia and Türkiye. Besides Russia, Israel, Sudan and the US have also withdrawn their signatures. The US Congress even passed a law in 2002 prohibiting any cooperation with the court and authorizing “all means necessary and appropriate” to release any American – or national of an allied country – from the Hague, by military force if necessary.

What was the Russian reaction?

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the ICC announcement as “outrageous and unacceptable.” Senator Andrey Klishas, from the ruling United Russia party, said the ICC just put itself on the road to self-destruction. Former president and deputy chair of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev compared the “warrant” to toilet paper. Crimean Senator Sergei Tsekov said the ICC decision demonstrates that Western-created institutions have become “worthless and insignificant.” Lvova-Belova sarcastically thanked the “international community” for appreciating her work to help rescue children from the zone of combat operations.

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Toor, jesu oyingbo

Lloyd Austin and Mark Milley called up their Russian counterparts for the first time in months

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reached out to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoigu, on Wednesday, for the first time in months, to discuss the incident in which an American spy drone went down in the Black Sea waters off Crimea.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Shoigu told Austin that the incident was caused by the Americans violating the airspace restriction declared by Russia, with all the proper international notifications in place. Shoigu called US drone flights off the Russian coast “provocative in nature” and risked an escalation of tensions in the Black Sea.

While Russia does not desire such a development, it will “continue to respond proportionately to all provocations,” Shoigu said. He added that the two nuclear powers “must act as responsibly as possible,” which includes keeping a military channel open to discuss any crisis.

Speaking at a Pentagon press briefing, Austin confirmed that he made the call, and said it was “important that great powers be models of transparency and communication.” However, he insisted the US would “continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows.”

The last time Shoigu and Austin spoke was in October 2022, according to AP. The top military officers also had a phone call about the matter, with US General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reaching out to his Russian counterpart, General Valery Gerasimov.

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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Mark Milley address reporters at the Pentagon, March 15, 2023. © AP Photo/Andrew Harnik
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reached out to his Russian counterpart, Sergey Shoigu, on Wednesday, for the first time in months, to discuss the incident in which an American spy drone went down in the Black Sea waters off Crimea.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Shoigu told Austin that the incident was caused by the Americans violating the airspace restriction declared by Russia, with all the proper international notifications in place. Shoigu called US drone flights off the Russian coast “provocative in nature” and risked an escalation of tensions in the Black Sea.

While Russia does not desire such a development, it will “continue to respond proportionately to all provocations,” Shoigu said. He added that the two nuclear powers “must act as responsibly as possible,” which includes keeping a military channel open to discuss any crisis.

Speaking at a Pentagon press briefing, Austin confirmed that he made the call, and said it was “important that great powers be models of transparency and communication.” However, he insisted the US would “continue to fly and to operate wherever international law allows.”

The last time Shoigu and Austin spoke was in October 2022, according to AP. The top military officers also had a phone call about the matter, with US General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, reaching out to his Russian counterpart, General Valery Gerasimov.


Drone incident confirms US involvement in Ukraine conflict – RussiaREAD MORE Drone incident confirms US involvement in Ukraine conflict – Russia
On Tuesday, the US European Command claimed that two Russian Su-27 jets conducted an “an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of a MQ-9 Reaper drone, which was conducting an intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance (ISR) mission in international waters over the Black Sea. According to the US military, one of the planes struck the drone’s propeller, causing the operators to ditch the UAV into the water.

The Russian Defense Ministry, however, said that at no point did any of the interceptors make contact with the drone, or use their on-board weapons. The UAV stalled and crashed after executing an abrupt maneuver, Moscow said.

Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said he told the State Department that US drones have no business so close to the Russian border. The drone was reportedly just 60 kilometers off the coast of Crimea when it crashed.

The US has flown drones and other surveillance aircraft near the Russian border for over a year, providing intelligence and targeting information to the Ukrainian government – along with weapons, ammunition and money – while insisting it is not a party to the conflict. Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Russian Security Council, said on Wednesday that the drone incident was “yet another confirmation” the US was directly involved.
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Badgers14:
9jiria is really jagajaga...

CBN deputy governor denied old N1000 and N500 are accepted.

Few hours later, CBN released a statement old N500 and N1000 are accepted.

Frankly, I am not a buhari fan but I think he only deserves 20% of the blame..

The 80% of thr blame goes to Senate and House of Reps members.

Why do we have senators if they can't do their jobs?? People need to learn to direct their concerns to thier senators and house of reps members and demand accountability from them.

We always accuse Buhari of this and that but the Senate can always override Buhari's order..

Why aren't the senators and house of rep stepping in to alleviate the masses problems??

Why aren't they inviting CBN governor for a chat and ask him questions under oath??

When will , we the people set tribalism, political affliations aside and demand for better governance from our elected leaders??

Buhari is military and he is the last. Asiwaju is the new phase of our own democrazyy

biaframaster200:
All the Obas are speaks Yoruba language



But I know you can't speak Yiibo fluently, a bi...




Try this nonsense in Yiibo land and see if you will succeed to become ordinary councilor in Yiibo land...

.yoruba people are too loose....

And the entire Yoruba land is easy to.collect without recourse

Well done!

[quote author=boborosky post=121648747]For those of you saying he can't do it.... bla bla bla... He has no experience... bla bla bla .... How will he generate funds..? bla bla bla...


Have you governed before? Why do you think you know more than he does? Do you think he didn't do proper consultations before publishing that statement?


Gerat jaare


It always seems impossible until it is done.

If you think you no more, kindly tell us what you will do to make Lagos better....




Focus on continuity and stringent laws to control migrant from the SE because they are government rebels

Lolz, bode george plan since day 1

humberjade:
Last last, nah the ordinary people go suffer am. You can't have a Governor in one and lawmakers in another, the State won't achieve a thing, e go be rancour all through. And that's how god fatherism begins, a 3rd term in Anambra through the back door.

You finally voted a Governor who seem to know his onions and knows about governance, nah una still wan use una hand dabaru him govt, interesting!

Very rough set of people. A governor fighting hard to stop erosion that is affecting 45% of the state, making it difficult to construct good lasting roads..very rough people

phorget:
While Tilumbu was busy building Lagos Tilumbu forgot to build Makoko...

It's a slump. Are people suppose to reside in slumps?

Daddyyin:
Blame it on Tinubu
That’s the only thing they know how to do in that region. They are only concerned about the Lagosians but ignore the issue of bad governance in their region.
They are not enjoying 5% of what they are benefiting in the southwest but quick to condemn sanwolu.

Jagaban will fix it sha.

Inshallah...as a south westerner and a yoruba boy, I pity them but they don't like me ...its well

panafrican:
The only option that remains on the table right is about EU taking action to Punish Itself.

That is best for a union that stand for justice.

The bloc needs to shift its attention to financial and military support for Ukraine, its top diplomat said

The EU has limited options remaining for new sanctions it can impose on Russia, the bloc’s foreign affairs chief, Josep Borrell, admitted in an interview with Euractiv on Friday. He argued that the EU should instead seek other ways to support Ukraine.

“There is not much more to do from the point of view of sanctions, but we can continue to increase financial and military support,” Borrell told the outlet following a meeting of EU defense ministers.

He claimed that one year after Russia launched its military campaign in Ukraine, it would be “strange” if the EU still had significant options left. “We have been using our step-by-step process, and we have been incremental – maybe sometimes too incremental,” Borrell stated.

The EU has unveiled 10 sanctions packages against Moscow since it launched its offensive against Ukraine in late February last year. Borrell acknowledged that the bloc was “getting to the end of the ladder,” and instead suggested focusing on support for Kiev.

“Ukraine needs a lot of money just to keep the machinery working, a state at war has a lot of financial needs – this will require a lot of effort from our side – so sanctions and military support are not everything,” Borrell insisted, also claiming that it was Europe’s responsibility to support Kiev by providing arms and ammunition.

In the same interview, Borrell proposed converting the bloc’s financial capacity into military capabilities, in a bid to affect the front line and boost training for Ukrainian soldiers. He has previously suggested reimbursing €1 billion ($1.06 billion) to EU member states for providing Kiev with ammunition.

Borrell’s comments come after EU defense ministers agreed on Wednesday to speed up the supply of 155-millimeter ammunition to Ukraine. Asked if the initiative could extend to heavy weaponry, the diplomat said the EU “could be equally fast for other needs.”

Moscow has repeatedly warned against Western arms deliveries to Ukraine, arguing that it only serves to prolong the bloodshed and will ultimately fail to change the outcome of Russia’s military operation.

God1000:
Well, he's right to some extent, but Putin's harmful expansionism must be stopped.

He should focus more on building a prosperous modern Russia instead of trying to resurrect the old Soviet Union

How else can a country be modern again? A country with great scientific and technological arsenal. Or, you meant to say western like the lgbtq and transgender followers in the west..Russia is a modern country and she is winning the war againt the mischievous folks in the west.

thebestprice:
Criminals ..

An election not recognised by the United States .. is that one an election ?

Which united state? The united state that does not give a hoot about ur country

Ruke1989:
Yoruba that were disenchanted that Jonathan employed mostly igbos to key positions are here positioning fellow Yoruba for a winner take it all government of tinubu. Let me say Yoruba grouse over the years is nothing but jealousy against igbos because given thesame opportunity, they are eyeing all the powerful positions already. Same way buhari and fulanis did. This should be a lesson to any leader in the future from middle birth or south south - not to consider Igbo, Yoruba or Fulani good for key appointments but pick from their tribe and minority tribes in their region. Let the Igbo, Yoruba and Fulani power mongers go to hell

This is someone suggesting..... becauase someone failed to show up to collect his certificate of return does not mean that he has been chosen for the job. Tinubu that I know will work with more of technocrats than politicians. Expect to see a sophisticated and unbiased regime. All tribes will work in his cabinet

My President, I am not bragging, but I am the unsung True Prophet.
I am sure many on this Platform did not take me seriously. We are all witnessing every detail of the Prophecy.
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Sept 2022.

The Igbos are the problem of Nigeria. They are over ambitious.
The Yoruba Christians are being drawn into their latest scheme.

Peter Obi is not a Presidential candidate, he is the personification of the "Biafran project" of the Igbos. He is their latest Saviour and Commander in Chief, who will emancipate them from the Nigerian " Zoo ". He is an Igbo bigot just like Nzeogwu, Odumegwu Ojukwu, Chukwumerije, Prof Nwabueze, Ralph Uwazuruke, and lately Nnamdi Kanu. They all have the Biafran mindset. " Either dominate the Zoo, or get out of the Zoo".

You can see them actively encouraging Sunday Igboho and the Yoruba Diasporans to immitate them, so that they can carry out their folly, using the ignorant Yorubas as their " bullet proof" !

Yoruba Christians should go into the Archives and exhume a character called Victor Banjo. He was a Yoruba Military colleague of Major Nzeogwu ( the Mastermind of Nigeria's first Coup de tat). Nzeogwu convinced Banjo and some other Yoruba " useful idiots" colleagues to join in the Revolution against corrupt Leadership of the First Republic.

Victor Banjo and his brothers went along with a Project they did not quite understand the hidden motive. The Revolution massacred all the Political echelon of the other Regions , except the Igbos !

The Coup plotters then conveniently handed themselves to the Army Commander who happened to be an Igboman - Major General Aguiyi Ironsi !

Major General Aguiyi Ironsi then cancelled the Democratic Constitution of the 4 regions, making Nigeria a Unitary state. The Unitary state was not foisted on Nigeria by the Hausa/ Fulani, but by the Igbos because of their over ambition, which they will use any ruse to justify.

The Counter-Coup by the Northerners was to avenge the killings of their Political Leaders.

But our Yoruba brothers are such unthinking Patriots , who usually defend " Justice and Equity" that other People define.

Adekunle Fajuyi preferred to die with Aguiyi Ironsi when the boys came for him.

Then the Civil War broke out.

Prof Wole Soyinka as the Advocate of Peace went to Ojukwu to broker peace, which Ojukwu has transformed himself from a Military Governor to a Military Head of State of Biafra. Wole Soyinka was rightly jailed by Gowon upon his return from the East.

Meanwhile, Victor Banjo who found himself in the Eastern jail at the outset of the Civil War, opted out to fight for Biafra against Nigeria.
The short of the story was that Ojukwu mischievously found Victor Banjo guilty of Treason, and had him paraded in front of a Firing Squad to be publicly shot as a deterrence to other saboteurs.

Nigeria has come to where it started. As usual, the Igbos will either get the Presidency or go back on their Biafra.

Now, the " Yoruba Intellectuals" who know so much about Justice and Equity are going to mess up their brother and back Peter Obi.

They hide under the accusation of the cover of Muslim- Muslim ticket. Ask them, how the series of Muslim- Christian had benefited the Country up till this present time.
The Executive President decides what happens in his Presidency. The Vice President is just a "spare tyre", a necessary nuisance created by the Constitution, whether he is a Christian or a Muslim.
The excuse is just a Biafran talking point to distract from the issues on the ground.

Another Biafran talking point is that Tinubu is corrupt. Now which Politician is not corrupt worldwide ? Is it Biden, Trump , Clinton , Boris, Putin ? Show me one Saint among the Politicians worldwide. There is none . No not one.
In fact, Politics is a game of the possibilities by professional Gamblers who prey on the Masses' emotions and fears.

Of all the corrupt past Leaders, it was only Peter Obi's name that came up in the Pandora File scandal, not even Abacha or Babangida !

My advice to the Yoruba Intellectuals and Yoruba Christians is that you are blindly following a "Biafran Agenda" , that you are not aware of, and that have burnt the fingers of your forbearers. I wish you the best of luck.

"Won ki nsipe inaro fun abuke". You don't plead with a hunchback man to stand erect. He cannot ! They are a People cursed to shoot themselves in the legs !

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Nukilia:
Fake news. Ukraine is winning

Yes, as Zelensky keeps hiding in the bunker.

Russian forces have delivered a massive missile strike on Ukraine’s military infrastructure as retaliation for Kiev's terrorist attack on Bryansk border region earlier this month, the Ministry of Defense said on Thursday. It added that all assigned targets had been hit.

In a statement, the ministry said that the attack involved “high-precision long-range air, sea, and land-based weapons, including the Kinzhal hypersonic missile system.” The latter has a range of more than 2,000 km.

“The massive retaliation strike” hit key elements of Ukraine's military infrastructure, defense industry complexes as well as energy facilities that contribute to their operations. “The mission has been accomplished. All assigned targets have been hit," the statement said.

The ministry went on to say that the barrage destroyed attack drone bases and disrupted the transportation of reserves and foreign weapons. The attack also disabled facilities used for repairing military equipment and ammunition production, it claimed.

The strike came after a Ukrainian raid into Bryansk region on the Russian-Ukrainian border on March 2 left two local residents dead and injured a ten-year-old boy. Russian President Vladimir Putin condemned the incident, calling it a “terrorist attack” and labeling the saboteurs “neo-Nazis.”

Responsibility was claimed by the Ukraine-based Russian Volunteer Corps (RDK). While Ukrainian officials denied responsibility for the incursion and dismissed it as a "provocation" by Moscow, Denis Nikitin, a neo-Nazi fighter involved in the incident, told the Financial Times last week that Kiev had “signed off” on the raid.

Earlier in the day, Ukrainian authorities reported attacks on energy facilities across the country, with partial blackouts sweeping through several cities, including the capital Kiev. General Valery Zaluzhny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, claimed that the latest strike involved over 80 missiles.

Russia has conducted regular strikes on Ukrainian energy and military infrastructure in recent weeks, which intensified after a deadly truck bombing on the strategic Crimean bridge last autumn. Russian investigators said that the attack had been orchestrated by Ukrainian military intelligence, while Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky claimed that Kiev “did not order” the blast.

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madridguy:
That is not Buhari, that is Jubril Al Sudani from Namibia, look at his nose closely.

Some children of anger go soon arrive now.

Save MNK the grace of coming out soon. If you pity him sha...

Lolz, its just time..they'll definitely defect to the ruling party...inferiority complex go kill them for house...the party they flag is no match for the main parties..PDP & APC

Rollsnjaguar:
Igbos are not cowards when we start, you and your Oba of Lagos will run like a RAT.

You hide in a rat hole to shout on social media that Igbos want to burn down Lagos.

Abi, wetin una grand patron ojukwu failed to do in ore inward ijebu ode, abi? Nah the same Obasanjo still enter una for onicha. I just have a strong feeling Tinubu's emergence as president is naturally bound to be, to finish unsettled scores. Just relax, Opor, Olun, Mewa yin oto be!

Make una continue o

May 29th is around the corner o

Asiwaju is coming o

Yes sister, there is recompense for always standing by the truth. Please, also tell him, without mincing words that Sanwo Olu is the best amomg all the candidate in Lagos. Tell him Chinedu is just a young architect with no experience of governance in any level, even at the local government level. Thank you sis

sammirano:
Go and recover your destiny in Abia State. It is Yorubas that are to blame for the rubbish these refugees are pushing. People that couldn't survive in their poor and dying region. Wants to make a change in the place feeding them. People that are known in making premium bad decision. I believe after this elections this people needs to be put in place.

Yes, the ZIK spirit dwells in them...even as rumors has it that, the LP guy is born of a yoruba father, but he grew up with his mother and grandmother. Perhaps, they did not pay his mother's bride price. So therefore, he's technically IGBO and such tribe won't govern Lagos. Oloun Maje

Tinubu regime go sweet die! This I have seen!

Stone03:
What is it then if not a figure of a fidgeting man? He shouldn't bother because this move has deeply revealed his wickedness against the people. The fear of Eelu Peee is the beginning of wisdom. GVR should be writing his victory speech by now.

My whole siblings voted for Peter Obi, except me and they have decided to vote for Sanwo Olu because they know of some evil plans by some greedy fellows to take over Lagos..Lagos is the pride for southwest. Good luck!

I know some people will see this move as a sign of fear from sanwo olu, but the truth of the matter is that, its all strategy. The same way they diverted the minds with the new naira policy...it's a walk over for the incumbent government

Jones4190:
BAT is always ahead of them

They don't know his request is constitutional

Obi's camp is overwhelmed with internet fruadsters, lgbtq community and university undergraduates that sags...

*I DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THIS, BUT IT'S WRITTEN BY AN IBO PROF.*

*(By Prof. Ihechukwu Madubuike)*

*THIS IS SIMPLY THE REASON WHY HAUSAS, YORUBAS, EDO AND THE NIGER DELTA MAN WILL NOT TRUST THE IBO MAN AT THE CENTER AND WHY THE HAUSAS MAY NOT WANT TO RELINQUISH POWER IN NIGERIA*

*Any historians in the house to vet this but no insults or character assassination please:*

*Forgotten History Of Igbo Tribe And Northern Alliance.*

*Do you know that when Tafawa Balewa was Prime Minister of Nigeria;*

*Chief of Army Staff was from SE*
*Chief of Naval Staff was from SE*
*IG of Police was from SE*
*Chief of Defence Staff was from SE*
*Internal Affairs Minister SE*
*External Affairs Minister SE*
*Education Minister South SE*
*Many other key ministries to SE*
*Parliament President SE*
*Unilag VC from SE*
*The University of Ibadan VC from SE*
*North resisted same at ABU!!!*

*Still, there was dissatisfaction by SE, the officers from the region killed this same Balewa!!!*

*Out of all the most senior officers in Nigeria, SE has 37, none was killed. 8 from the north, all of them were killed. 10 from the west, 2 were killed.*

*Then Ironsi imposed a unitary system of government on the country so that everything can belong to a region who snatched it!*

*We must know our history so that when we want to make corrections, we will not end up concealing the truth.*

*This has nothing to do with tribalism but everything to do with the truth.....at times when lies litter the streets.*

*There is a tendency to think those are truths and facts.*

*What follows are documented facts that can be cross-checked for authenticity!"*

*Thou shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.*

* *“Prof. Ben Nwabueze was the man who drafted the constitution that took away powers from regions and handed it to the central government because his brother Aguiyi THEORY WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:*

*The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausa fulanis, Yorubas and indeed every other Nigerian tribe and Lord Luggard/Britain for their seeming claim of being in third class citizen status in Nigeria.*

*In their perpetual attempts to play the victim card, they recount the political events of Nigeria from 1914 to the present in a half-baked and highly selective manner which cleverly avoids the mention of the roles played by their elite who by all natural laws of judgement were actually responsible for the woes that befell not only the Igbo race but the entire Nigeria nation.*

*The story told in the post above is one of such selective and distorted accounts of history which the average Igbo man is fond of narrating.*

*However, the national archives have the complete and unedited history of Nigeria regarding the political events beginning way back from even before 1914.*

*I will therefore proceed to furnish my readers with the complete story for all to read and be endowed with enough facts so as to judge and act from an informed position.*

*Shortly after the 1914 Amalgamation of the Northern and Southern Protectorates, it started getting clear that the country was bound to fail as the amalgamation in question was done with colonial fiat without the consent and consensus of the different tribes which were over 300.*

*This prompted the political leaders to start asking for de-amalgamation so as to forestall the future danger which the forced amalgamation portended.*

*To that end, Ahmadu Bello, speaking on behalf of the Northern protectorate in 1944 described the amalgamation as* *"The mistake of 1914 which if allowed to remain will ultimately lead to unstoppable bloodshed and a failed country".*
*Awolowo, speaking on behalf of the Yorubas and Western minorities, described Nigeria as a mere geographical expression not qualified to be called a country let alone a nation.*

*Awolowo added that if the5 amalgamation could not be reversed, then Nigeria should be structured as a strictly federal state so as to enable each tribe enjoy autonomy this freedom from being dominated by any one single tribe.*

*But Nnamdi Azikiwe, speaking for the Igbos, denounced Awolowo and Ahmadu Bello, terming them ethnic champions.*

*He accused them of nursing a sectional agenda against the unity of Nigeria, and he declared further that the Unity of Nigeria was non-negotiable.*

*After moving the motion for independece in 1953, Anthony Enahoro proposed that a secession clause should be incorporated into the future constitution of Nigeria so as to give legal backing for any tribe to peacefully exit the forced union if it feels marginalized in future.*

*According to Enahoro, such provision in our constitution would instill in all Nigeria's future leaders the fear of the consequences of misgovernance.*

*But Azikiwe, speaking on behalf of Igbos, rose against him in the parliament and labelled him an agent of disunity, and enemy of Nigeria.*

*At a later date, Awolowo too made a case for secession clause, but Azikiwe again resisted him and instigated the colonial authorities to threaten him and Enahoro with charges of treasonable felony if they didn't stop proposing secession clause for the future constitution.*

*While Azikiwe did all these, Igbos cheered and urged him on because they felt the future Nigeria was theirs to dominate and lord it over every other tribe.*

*Before independece, Tafawa Balewa too had in a public speech described Nigeria as a British experiment and Nigeria's unity as a British intention which Nigerians themselves don't believe in. But Azikiwe kicked and demonized him too.*

*Had Azikiwe co-operated with Enahoro, Awolowo, Ahmadu Bello and Tafawa Balewa about the secession clause, Nigeria perhaps would not have been this misgoverned.*

*For those in doubt, here is a link of one of the numerous instances in which Nnamdi Azikiwe fought against the secession clause proposal for the future Nigeria constitution.*

*It should be noted that there were many Igbo members of the parliament in which Azikiwe fought against Awolowo's secession clause proposal in the link above, but not a single one of them rose against Azikiwe or condemned him.*

*Igbos initially never wanted to hear anything like secession in Nigeria because they so much believed, though falsely, that they were the most educated tribe. (The first Nigerian tribe to produce a university graduate is the Binis).*

*As an evidence of Igbo domination agenda hence their initial resistance to the idea of secession; here are some quotes:*

*"From all indications, the god of us Igbos have destined us to rule the whole of Africa"..... Nnamdi Azikiwe (1945).*

*"It is getting clearer each day that Igbo domination of Nigeria is just a question of time"... Oscar Onyeamma. (1949).*

*As at 1900, the whole of the present Benue State, Kogi East Senatorial District and some southern parts of Taraba State called Munchi District back then; were all in the Southern Protectorate.*

*Whoever doubts this should consult MacMillan Atlas for secondary schools in Nigeria. With that situation the South had a higher population than the North hence always had an upper hand in any democratic bargain.*

*But as at the early fifties when the regions were being created, common sense dictated clearly that these areas should fall in the future Eastern Region.*

*But against common sense, the colonial masters decided to gerrymander them into the Northern Region.*

*While they did that, Azikiwe who was supposed to be in Enugu fighting against it as the leader of the East, was far away in Ibadan struggling with Awolowo to rule the Western Region and also playing the spoiler role against Awolowo's attempts to have Kwara and present Kogi Yorubas carved into the Western Region from the North which was already too large by landmass.*

*While he abandoned his burning house and was far away in Ibadan struggling against Awolowo for his own (Awolowo's) region, Igbos saw absolutely nothing wrong with that. Rather they applauded him as a nationalist.*

*A nationalist whose house was burning yet busy chasing rats in a far away land.*

*When opinions became unanimous that Lord Luggard and his government must be forced out of Nigeria and indeed the whole of Africa, it was still the Igbos that frustrated the attempts.*

*Here is how:*

*In 1948, Anthony Enahoro organized an anti-colonization symposium in Lagos for which Azikiwe and some other Igbos had agreed to deliver the keynote address.*

*But when the D-day came, Azikiwe was nowhere to be found as he deliberately disappeared into thin air for fear of being arrested and dealt with by Lord Luggard.*

*Anthony Enahoro then quickly replaced Azikiwe with another person who did the job improptu but perfectly well as he lambasted and lampooned Lord Luggard and the British Government.*

*However, the British soldiers invaded the symposium venue, arrested the speaker and Enahoro and jailed them for treasonable felony. Ironically, the next day Azikiwe came out of hiding and granted a radio interview in which he accused Enahoro and the other organizers of suffering from youthful exhuberance.*

*On regaining his freedom few weeks later and being told of Azikiwe's radio interview, Enahoro resigned from his post as Editor of Azikiwe's newspaper - The West African Pilot.*

*Then he wrote a book titled "Nnamdi Azikiwe: Sinner of Saint". After launching the book, Enahoro left Azikiwe's party - the NCNC, and moved over to Awolowo's Action Group.*

*The first military coup in Nigeria was carried out by majority of Igbo army officers.*

*That was the coup that truncated democracy just six years post Independence and led to a succession of coups which put the country on the reverse gear for 33 years.*

*Through that first coup, those Igbo army officers who accused the politicians and government of the day of monumental corruption, killed the political leaders of the Northern, Western and Midwestern Regions but allowed all Igbo political figures to escape by tipping them off prior to the D-Day.*

*In addition to the killing of political figures, they also killed a total of 27 innocent high ranking military officers from every region except their Eastern Region.*

*In the end an Igbo man called Aguiyi Ironsi, who was supposed to have been killed alongside other military officers, ended up becoming the new military ruler of Nigeria. Rather than immediately arrest and punish the coup plotters, he kept them in detention where they were treated as heroes.*

*This was actually what sowed the seed for the eventual Biafra War. On the 23rd of February 1966 (i.e. a month and 8 days after the first coup porpularly but wrongly known as Nzeogwu coup, an Ijaw born Army officer called Isaac Adaka Boro who hailed from Kaima town of present Bayelsa State, declared the secession of the Niger Delta Republic in an attempt to free his Ijaw people from the monumental marginalization they had been suffering under Igbos in the old Eastern Region.*

*But Aguiyi Ironsi immediately ordered Colonel Odumegwu Ojukwu to arrest him and hand him over to the military high command under him in Lagos. Ojukwu went all out against Isaac Adaka Boro with federal military might and within 12 fighting days killed 150 Isaac Boro's soldiers, arrested him, stripped him naked, and had him driven to Lagos and handed to Ironsi who immediately charged him to court and within two months secured against him a conviction of treasonable felony for which he was sentenced to death by hanging fixed for December that year by the Supreme Court. His 'crime' was that he declared secession of The Niger Delta Republic from Nigeria. Meanwhile the Igbo coupists who shed innocent blood of other tribes and even sprayed bullets into the bellies of the pregnant wives of Ahmadu Bello and Brigadier Shodeinde were not charged to court or arraigned before any military tribunal.*

*Isaac Adaka Boro was in detention waiting for December to come for him to join his ancestors. But God so kind, a revenge coup happened on July 29 by Northern soldiers and Ironsi was overthrown and killed. Gowon took over and released Isaac Adaka Boro unconditionally, reinstated him into the Army with his previous rank.*

*Then on May 30, 1967, Ojukwu too declared secession of Biafra Republic from Nigeria and without consulting or apologising to Isaac Boro, drew a Biafra map which included the very areas that made up Isaac Adaka Boro's earlier declared Niger Delta Republic for which he fought against him and killed his soldiers. Seeing such level of arrogance in Ojukwu, Isaac Boro asked Gowon to provide arms for him to crush Biafra by fighting on the Nigerian side in vengeance for Ojukwu's frustration of his own secession declaration 15 months earlier.*

*Isaac Boro, as an Ijaw man conversant with the waterways, led the Nigeria Army through the coastal areas into Igboland to finish off thousands of Ojukwu's soldiers thus leading to the crushing defeat of Biafra. But today, Igbos accuse Ijaws of betraying them in the war. But from the facts as above, who really betrayed the other in all honesty? Be the judge. Why Gowon fought against Ojukwu's declaration of Biafra was as follows:*

*After Ironsi and Ojukwu successfully crushed Isaac Boro's Niger Delta Republic declaration, Ironsi immediately proceeded to promulgate the Anti-secession Decree which made the mere mention of secession from Nigeria punishable with death by hanging.*

*Ojukwu openly supported and endorsed the decree despite disapproval of it by the general public. So when Ojukwu later declared Biafra secession, he was reminded of the Anti-secession Decree made by him and his brother Ironsi.*

*Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest of Nigerian tribes don't honour agreements. This is a very dishonest narrative from Igbos.*

*First and foremost Aburi Accord was organized by soldiers and unelected civil servants who should not participate in political exercises like making laws due to the civil service anonymity principle. Secondly, those civil servants and military men in attendance were not elected by their federal constituencies to the Aburi summit. In the philosophy of democracy the only universally acceptable way of making laws is through duly elected representatives of the people. But in going to Aburi the peoples' representatives duly elected in the 1965 elections were all sidelined for soldiers to hijack the process. Where on earth do soldiers make laws for the people? Rather, the civilian populace makes laws that guide the military. Aburi Accord therefore had no seal of the people's sovereignty hence it was an illegality which shouldn't have been allowed to stand.*

*Thirdly, in 1957, Nigerians from all federal constituencies democratically elected representatives whom they sponsored to London, paid their flight tickets and hotel accommodation for the Independence constitutional conference.*

*Those representatives all resolved and agreed on federalism marked by regional autonomy and resource control in the Independence Constitution which they brought back home and everyone accepted it.*

*In that constitution, Nigerians all agreed that on no account shall the military take over power. It was also clearly stated in it that ammendments to it could be done by only democratically elected representatives.*

*That constitution was the first ever agreement between all Nigerians.*

*On the day of his inauguration as the Army GoC, Aguiyi Ironsi stood before the whole world and with his own mouth swore to protect and defend that sovereign Independence constitution regardless of the circumstances that may later arise.*

*But just six years after he manufactured an excuse to clinch power against the clear provisions of that constitution we all agreed to, unilaterally began to amend its provisions with his very offensive Decrees, and ended up dismantling the federalism and resource control therein, and ultimately subverted that constitution we all painstakingly sacrificed to draft. That was the height of Irresponsibility and the dishonoring of sacred agreement. That was how Igbos breached the first agreement, all Nigerians, ever all mutually consented to, thus laying the foundation for violation of future agreements.*

*So Aburi Accord was only treated exactly the same way Igbos treated the Independence constitution agreement.*
*Obasanjo removed history from the school curriculum hence the reason why many of what we know of the eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives.*

*Anytime i hear or watch NNAMDI KANU talk i never take it serious but only as a noisemaker.*

*Thank God for this author. The Lord will bless him for us all! Everyone needs to know this for real. Knowing the truth sets free. We need we as a Nation.*

*We need to face facts, admit the stupid errors of history and eventual forgive ourselves for the sins, enormous sins committed by our forefathers. Love covers a multitude of sins.*

*Very important history please read, understand and also share and encourage others to know the truth

Ahuitzotl:
[color=#1986BC] For the souls we lost at Lekki Tollgate .....For retribution in the gruesome murder of Funsho Williams..For an end to the brazen impunity of thugs and touts in our transport system...For an end to money bag politics and godfatherism in Lagos State....For a true aborigine of Lagos...It's Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour.....Vote Labour...Vote Freedom...Revenge For Lekki Tollgate Massacre... Revenge For Funsho Williams.. [/color]

I will get back to you on the 12th inshallah, before then, please kindly answer this questions with open mind;

His the LP candidate truly chinedu by name?

Did his father, a yoruba man, pay his mother's pride price

Playmaaker14:
Only 20% of Yorubas are not into tribal bigotry.

The rest are irredeemable condemned tribal bigots.

The only thing in their head is Igbos.

They'll make you feel like the igbos are the one at fault in everything, even in their own household.


We have them here in this forum.

I HAVE A STRONG RESERVATION FOR ANYONE THAT SAYS OR ARGUES THAT LAGOS IS NO MAN'S LAND.