₦airaland Forum

Eko Ile: Obviously, the only reason AGIPA people voted and put this man in office for is to talk, talk and talk. When is he going to build one single classroom?


All this attention seeking and constant need for acceptance is a sign of the AGIPA insecurity and low self esteem traits....

SHUT YOUR MOUTH MY FRIEND, LET REASONABLE PEOPLE TALK, YOU DONT HAVE A POINT. DOES ROCHAS LOOK OR SOUND LIKE A CLOWN TO YOU?

haka_nai: Obviously frm some animals reply here you can see people celebrating killing.So shamefull.hope they would celebrate same if the Jos muslim community begin to react too!

YOU ARE A FOOL. IM WAITING FOR THIS BOKO CLOWNS TO DO THE SAME IN THE SOUTH, THEN YOU GUYS SHLD AWAIT WHAT FOLLOWS. IF YOU ARE AN ELITE SON, WATCH YOUR BACK BROTHER.

nairalanders, this is the time. all for one, one for all.

what point are u making my friiend, binding or not binding, garbage in garbage out, what you give is what you will receive. ss receives 13% because they are holding this nation whether you like it or not. my friend, i belive you are a northern youth, but im sorry to say that you guys dont use your brainss, it will be sorry if the northern older generations die away without telling the younger generations the truth, it will be devastating. i repeat devastating to your region.

ndu_chucks:
Its amazing how cowards march for treasonous "freedom" thousands of miles away from the homeland. make una come march for Onitsha na.

sabo, i no blame you, did they tell you that biafrans are senseless. go and ask people what an underground plan means.

alj harem:
I think you should be silent. Where did you get your facts from ?

YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THIS RAMBLING YOU WILL REALISE THE SE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THEIR ARGUMENTS, DO YOU KNOW WHY; AN IBO MAN DOES NOT NEED HELP FROM ANYBODY TO SUCCEED, AND SECONDLY, IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CONTRIBUTION, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAJOR CITIES IN NIGERIA YOU WILL REALISE THAN IBOS INDUSTRIAL NATURE ACCOUUNT FOR MOST OF THE REVENUE GENERATED THERE, LAGOS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE. WE CONTRIBUTE HUMAN RESOURCES MORE THAN ANY OTHER TRIBE.

OUR OILS WELL ARE  BEING EXPLORED RECENTLY, ONE HAS BEEN EXPLORED IN IMO STATE, ONE IN ANAMBRA, ANOTHER IN ABIA, ALL THESE ARE UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT FOR FULL USAGE IN THE DISTANT FUTURE FOR OUR DEAR NATION.

WHEN LOCOMOTIVE WAS BEING USED FREQUENLY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS IN THE 60s, and 70S AND EVEN 80s, ENUGU THE COAL CITY CONTRIBUTED ITS QUOTA. THANK YOU.

chino11:
Ewu, do you mind asking Professor Itse Sagay, he is not a bigot like you namas. He knows exactly what each region contributes to the national bowl.

i would love to suggest that sss shld take over the police force, my people what do you think? that's my position, those guys are inteligent, were they trained in another form or what? respect.

Capt.Barbosa:
where is the link to the story? abi na ABA made?

SILENCE BRO, THE ABOVE FACT BY OP IS ON POINT.

THIS IS MY CODE; acc28.

UGO OKEKE

highland:
North should leave the derivation issue alone and face BH threat squarely.

MY BROTHER, I WONDER O. THIS PEOPLE, I DONT KNOW HOW THEY THINK. THERE IS NO REASONING FACULTY IN THEIR TRAITS, COMMON SENSE IS NOTHING TO THEM.

its time for the alhajis and mallams to chop money. tufiakwa.

i love fani-kayode. ha ha ha.

We need to pray so that we would not have problems in Lagos and Aba airports.

mcgman025:
Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Another sect powerful than Boko Haramcoming –Primate Ayodele
Sovereign national conference coming


Primate Babatunde Elijah a renowned seer during his birthday anniversary recently took time out in his usual character to warn Nigerians and in deed the whole world what God has in stock for the New Year. He said among others that Boko Haram would soon be eradicated, but that another deadlier sect would emerge in the nearest future. He also predicted that Nigeria energy would not be stable until 2016. He also talked on what to expect in the political arena come 2015. Excerpts

POLITICS
Whether eminent Nigerians cry out or not, Sovereign National Conference is coming. President Goodluck Jonathan is not the messiah that would lead Nigeria out of the wood.He should not contest 2015 election so that Nigeria’s break up will not start from him, because I forsee Nigeria breaking up into four or five nations. Jonathan should not make himself a catalyst for the break up. We need to pray so that we don’t loose one of the president’s aides.

Petrol price is still going to N141. 2015 will kick start the revolution that will break up Nigeria. We should all get prepared for it. Though Boko Haram will soon fade away, but not during the era of Jonathan. Another sect that is deadlier than Boko Haram would emerge.

[color=#006600]We have to pray to God to avert plane crash. We need to pray so that we would not have problems in Lagos and Aba airports. [/color]If Peoples Democratic Party is not careful, they would lose central seat in the coming general election. Also if Action Congress of Nigeria is not careful against internal crisis, they would lose some states already in the grip of ACN. New states and local governments are coming. PDP, ACN will soon fade away,  Igbo should forget 2015 presidency unless they put their house together. We need to pray for our political leaders, because, not every member of the National Assembly that starts will complete their tenure; some will be removed through legal means while some will die along the line. Some governors will still lose their seats. Let us pray against crisis in Oyo, Ekiti, Kogi and Ebonyi Houses of Assembly. The crisis in PHCN is not over yet. Our electricity will not be stable until 2016. Great political robbery is coming in 2015; we need to pray seriously against it. We need to pray over our waterways, as pirates would be on the increase in the year.
Jonathan government should work hard in the area of job creation to avoid looming youths uprising. Jonathan is not the messiah that will lead Nigeria out of darkness. God only allowed him so as to do reforms in the area of election sanitisation. Niger-Delta will still go up in crisis.

ECONOMY
2012 is a year that God is going to pass through this country and the world at large. Let us take it from Nigeria. We need to pray for the economy of this country. God showed me that our economy would nosedive. The price of food will skyrocket so much that, the food meant for the common man would vanish from their table. The salary of workers though increased, which I have predicted before, would still cause crisis between labour and various state governments. The economy will take a downward trend that government at a stage would be confused. There is going to be problem at the Central Bank of Nigeria and the Federal Ministry of Finance. The economic team put in place by President Jonathan would not achieve anything; they will only be having self-serving suggestions. Hard weather condition is coming in 2012 that would affect food production, so we need to prepare for it. Government needs to look the way of agricultural sector to be able to withstand the demand of the weather. Nigeria debt profile will increase in the year 2012. Hunger would be so much that many able bodies would take to robbery to survive.

In year 2012, there is going to be discovery of oil in some states like Lagos, Ebonyi Ogun and Ondo. Maritime authority will face a lot of challenges. We also need to pray against fire outbreak. New security arrangement is coming to our airports. Let’s pray and be watchful, pilots of some airlines would go on strike. We need to pray against fire outbreak in one of our refineries.
We need to pray against ocean surge in Lagos. Heavy erosion that has never been experienced before in Lagos will come in the year. Lagos State will introduce new law on land matters.

CORRUPTION
No EFCC can tame corruption in Nigeria. God revealed to me that the corruption we are going to see in the coming year would be so enormous. There is going to be a lot of confusion in NNPC. There is going to be chaos among the Directors of NNPC that would give room for the exposure of dirty deals of some of them.
No matter how hard Lamido Sanusi, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria tried, his effort would not be appreciated. There would be crisis between the governor of CBN and some Directors to the extent that ethnicity would play out at the CBN. Some hidden things in CBN would be exposed in the year 2012.
No matter the effort put towards reviving our stock exchange, it would take another fourteen years before it stabilizes.

EFCC will face problem in the year. The new EFCC chairman would not be allowed to perform. Let us pray against the death of a prominent journalist in the country. Shake up is coming in the Customs and Immigration. New IGP has good intention, but the fifth columnists will not allow him. Some service chiefs are going

HEALTH
We have to pray against the outbreak of cholera in Lagos, Calabar, Sokoto Kaduna Kano. I don’t foresee any improvement in our health sector. We need to pray against health workers strike in the year 2012. There would be increase in the number of hypertension and diabetes patients in the year.

CRIME
There is going to be increase in the rate of armed robbery case in the year, especially in Lagos State. Kidnapping would be introduced into Lagos state, and for this the inhabitants of the state need to pray very well, because the challenges that will face the state will be much. We need a lot of prayer for the security of this country, because the sophistication of the crime that would be introduced would catch our security agencies napping .

Terrorism will still becloud this nation. Don’t be surprised that the terrorism going on in the North will still spread to other parts of the country before it fizzle out. EDUCATION
Year 2012 will usher in new education policy in Nigeria. There is going to be a lot of problem for Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, especially the man at the helm of affairs. Many Federal Government secondary school principals would have problem in the year except they pray to God very well.

SPORT
Keshi will try his best, but his best will not be good enough to salvage our football. FIFA is going to have a new outlook as from 2014. New set of people will emerge in our sport arena. Change is coming in the hierarchy of the Nigeria Football Federation. Nigerian Football League chairman will have problem that may necessitate his removal. We need to pray so that we will not have attack on any of our players. A lot of reforms is coming into our football. The name Nigeria Football Association will still resurrect. CAF will face challenges that will affect the president of the body. To put it straight, CAF will soon get new president unless the incumbent prays very well.

ROYAL FATHERS
Emirs need prayer to avoid problems in their domain, most especially Emirs of Zauzau, Kano and Ilorin. We need to pray so that all our Emirs will survive year 2012. We need to pray for the Southwest obas too. Lagos obas need to pray for good health. Oba of Benin needs to pray very well for peace and good health. Also Orangun of Ila should pray very well. Owa of Ilesha too needs a lot of prayer for good health. Two Obas will pass away.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/mar/06/national-06-03-2012-025.html

DOES ABA HAVE AN AIRPORT?

PROUD-IGBO:
Had to check today wasn't 1st April.

But lets be honest here, if any Aliens from distant worlds have so advanced to be able to build Spaceships and travel light years to earth to engage us in a fight, do we really stand a chance ? Don't let Will Smiths Independence day fool you.

Our best option as Humans is to surrender immediately, pack our 'bags and baggages' and head for the hills, deserts and swamps.

Shikena!!!

LOL. BUSHMAN LOGIC.

no offense, why the name trafford?

the imo state comm of police is not from imo state, he is a muslim from the north, precisely kano.

pls ask our brothers in diaspora how they do that. they will explain much better.

I LOVE THIS COUNTRY, CRAZY COMPATRIOTS; LOL

OAM4J:
Money is meant to be spent. The question we need to ask is; what was the money spent on? If he spent the money on the well-being of Sokoto people, then he did well.

JOOR, MAKE WE HEAR WORD. WE KNOW THEIR PATTER, THESE NORTHERN LOOTERS, ITS IN THEIR BLOOD O.

abeg baba don try. study his achievements so far.

North and revenue formula
By Sun News Publishing
Monday March 05, 2012



The call by the Governors of the 19 northern states for a review of the revenue allocation formula is not new. Similar calls have been made in the past regarding the imbalance in the nation’s revenue sharing formula. However, the call from the north did not strike the right chord. It veered off the mark when it was presented as a northen agenda.

While inaugurating the Advisory Council of Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation recently, the Governor of Niger State and Chairman of Northern Governors’ Forum, Dr. Muazu Babangida Aliu, stated that the current revenue formula needs to be reviewed to reflect current realities. He lamented a situation where some states in the South receive allocations that are 20 times or more those of some of the northern states.

This, he said, has led to a situation where certain parts of the country are not doing well while others are doing exceptionally well. But if Governor Aliu did not go far enough in underlining the angst of the north over the current revenue formula, the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mallam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, a northerner, brought the northern position into sharper focus when he decried what he saw as the low allocation to the northern states from the Federation Account.

He linked the on-going violence in the north to the uneven distribution of the country’s wealth and submitted that it was necessary to focus funds on regenerating other regions in the interest of long-term stability of the country. The need to review the current revenue formula in which the Federal Government gets the lion’s share of the country’s resources cannot be overemphasized. With the Federal Government’s 52.68 percent, States 26.72 and Local Governments 20.6 percent, it is glaring that states and local governments are not well represented in the revenue allocation formula.

Quite a good number of concerned Nigerians have made this point in the past. The argument is that fiscal federalism is not guaranteed by such an arrangement. As a country of federating units, no one unit should be made to go cap-in-hand before the other. The present arrangement also makes the centre a lot more powerful than the other units. The fierce competition for political offices at the federal level has, sometimes, been linked to the financial preeminence of the federal government.

However, the northern governors and Sanusi got it all wrong when they presented the problem as if it is peculiar to the North. The fact is that apart from the few oil-rich states of the South that receive huge monthly allocations, the other states of the south are as disadvantaged as the states of the north. Any advocacy for a review must therefore recognize this fact. To seek to regionalize an issue that affects the entire country is to weaken the force and import of whatever merit the issue has.

Sanusi did not help matters when he failed to draw a line between his office and his regional affiliation. As CBN Governor, he should have spoken like an expert, not as a northerner. Besides, he should have striven to offer an informed and unbiased perspective on this matter. But his lack of circumspection led him to assume, rather wrongly, that the current revenue allocation formula is decidedly in favour of the south. It is not. We expect commentators and analysts who choose to speak on issues such as this to strive to illuminate them rather than draw wrong parallels. If they do that, we will not be saddled with regional or sectional outcries such as the one emanating from the north.

However, we recognize the prevalence of poverty in the north. Even though poverty is a third world phenomenon and affects the entire Nigeria, we are aware that it is more extreme in the north. But the right reasons have to be sought for this state of affairs. The problem of extreme poverty in the north is largely traceable to the low level of education among the people and their cultural norms and attitudes which permit and promote dependence as against the competitiveness that the south is known for. The north needs to work toward dismantling this cultural hang-up.

Therefore, if poverty is less prevalent in the south, it is not because the states of the region receive huge allocations, it is because individual quest for self-attainment is very pronounced in the region. Nigerians should always strive to advance the right arguments on issues so that an all-important issue such as revenue allocation formula is not made to wear a sectional garb.

http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/opinion/editorial/2012/mar/05/editorial-05-03-2012-001.html

dayokanu:
Do you know how many people Fashola has to cater for?

best Governor. Sanusi lamido

I LAFF DIE.

RoadStar:
Even though tragic, but that would be duly welcome.
The effects would be unpredictable and ground-breaking.

It might be a huge turning point in Nigerias history.
It might be a master-stroke or a shot in the foot.

Imagine setting off a bomb in Lagos Island, a market in Onitsha or Aba or somewhere in PH, Warri.

That would be interesting.
The sooner they do it the better.

YOU ARE A FOOL. IF THEY TRY IT. WHETHER IN THE SOUTH SOUTH OR LAGOS, THEN I PITY THE NORTH, BECAUSE THE RETAILIATION WILL BE IN THEIR HOME FRONT. AND THEIR LEADERS, I MEAN THEIR LEADERS WILL GO DOWN WHERE EVER THEY ARE, INCLUDING BABANGIDA, ETC. IM NOT JOKING. BECAUSE THATS WHEN REVOLUTION WILL COMMENCE AND WE KNOW WHO TO GO FOR.

auwal or whatever he or she calls him or herself is a big fool. . slowpoke. islamize nigeri and see your whole kinsmen in the world beyond. you know your people think we are fools by looking at you, but w are waiting for the right time. and 2015 will tell. no northerner, i mean a muslim northerner will rule this country again. read my statement again. it is written ad signed. bastard.

Deinmak:
Getting a gun in Nigeria, has got nothing to do with Boko Haram membership.
Legally, it is supported by the Nigerian Firearms Act of 1990.

STILL ANYONE WITH CONTACT(address and phone number) OF ANY LEGITIMATE FIREARMS DEALER IN NIGERIA?
OR THAT OF O.A.L. Araba & Sons in Yaba, Lagos

well i believe you can preach that to your kids? right?

She was without any iota of doubt, the closest person to Ikemba Nnewi, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. In April 2010 Bianca, Ojukwu’s wife of over two decades spoke about her relationship with the national icon. Excerpts:

How long have you been married to Dim Odumegwu Ojukwu?
We have been into a relationship since 1989 but we got married formally on November 12, 1994. We have been together for over 20 years, because we had been living together since 1989.

How old were you and how old was he at the time?
Well, I was 22 and he was in his mid 50s
People considered you too young for him at that time. How did you feel then?
It’s not your conventional relationship. Looking back now, I certainly realise that I was very young at that time but it didn’t seem to matter , because we had so much in common and we had good communication. The gap was not there in our day-to-day interactions. People thought the relationship was bizarre , because of the age difference but it’s only now when I look back, now that I have children of my own that I realised that it was rather unusual.

You were so much in love at the time that you didn’t notice any disparity in your ages?
I don’t know whether I would classify it as being in love. I just knew that the difference tended to melt away when compared to the common grounds that we had. We had a similar background and we had so much to talk about. We had common interests and we just did a lot of things together. We went to see plays at the theatre, we went on vacations and there was just no disparity in our interaction. I didn’t feel it at the time.

How come you’re feeling it now?
No, I don’t feel it now, because we have gotten used to each other having been together for so long. I always told him I am like the furniture in your house. We are too used to each other. I can complete his sentences and he can complete mine. Really I think at the end of the day that’s what is imperative in every relationship. You must be able to communicate. He understood me fully and he appreciated that mine has been a life of dedication to him. I know the travails he has been through and I appreciate that a man such as him needs somebody to step in and play the role of a wife, sister and mother simultaneously and give him peace of mind in his day to day life.

Would you say therefore that you were psychologically prepared to be Ojukwu’s wife?
I come from a political family. If that’s being psychologically prepared well I am not the one to say so. But I think I had to shoulder a lot of responsibilities beyond what somebody of my age would reasonably be expected to go through. I had to learn in the process. I think I have done well because it requires diplomacy and the fact that sometimes you have to get out of your skin to mediate in conflicts that will generally arise around a man of his stature. It’s been quite challenging but I thank God that I have been able to navigate the terrain.

Has it ever occurred to you that people never gave this marriage a chance, yet it has lasted this long. How does that make you feel?
I feel blessed. I have known friends in more conventional marriages, who break up, remarry and break up again in this space of time and I am still here. I thank God for his grace because nobody gave this thing a chance of survival. In all honesty I was really young at that time and I did believe that I could handle it. Now when I look back I wonder how I did it. That was not a situation your average 22-year-old could handle. Normally the disparity ought to make the interests different. But the truth is that I didn’t miss those things the average 22-year old would want, like going to parties, clubs and the like. Those were not my interests.

Though people have always said that I am very old fashioned and I didn’t have those things that propel people of my age. I wanted a stable marriage. I wanted to live with a man that I have things in common with and a man that I could spend the rest of my life with. Having said that, the truth is that it requires a lot of sacrifice, commitment and hard work to be able to make it work.

Was it that you had to grow up to him or he had to come down to you? How was the mix?
No question about that, I had to grow up to him. I had to learn to interact with people who were a lot older than I was. Generally from the time I was 22 people who were coming to our various homes were people of his age. They were his friends and by extension they have become my friends too. I give God the glory. He had some of the most dedicated, committed and loyal friends to his cause. I feel privileged to have met these people. I consider them as family. So I had to grow up to his life.

You were not scared by that calibre of people?
Don’t forget that I am the daughter of a former governor. My father was the governor of old Anambra state, now consisting of Enugu and parts of Ebonyi. So I was certainly not intimidated because we had such regular high calibre people visiting us. Presidents, ex presidents, Ambassadors, governors were frequent visitors. I was not intimidated in the least. It was just a progression. Just that the same calibre of people were now visiting in another house. The routine was basically the same, just a little bit accentuated.

Let’s talk about Ojukwu. What kind of a man was he?
I think you are in a better position to do that. Having spent the better part of two hours with him today I think you are probably in a better position to do that. As you can see he is a very complex man, very complex. He can be like a volcano about to erupt this minute and the next he is like a kitten. His persona switches so rapidly that it is really quite hard to pin him down, to paint a complete picture of him. There would always be that mystery. He is kind, caring, and as you have witnessed, a very stubborn man. A lot of the time, he gets impatient and most people find that rather intimidating. But he can be very meek. One just has to find that meeting ground of interacting with him. Once you can do that then you are on safe ground. But he can be quite difficult to decode.

Obviously he loved you and said it to anyone who cared to listen. What did he do differently to you that also gives you the impression that he really loved you?
I think it’s the absolute trust that he has in me, the faith. I think everyman is looking for a replacement for his mother. That’s one thing I have learnt. In life, every man looks for that woman who would not just be his wife but his mother, whose paramount objective is to ensure that he can be the best man he is meant to be. I wouldn’t say that he loves me in an irrational way. Perhaps in me he has been able to find that combination of wife and mother. The mother element is very important, because it’s only your mother that you would trust so absolutely to be able to deliver the best judgments and to be able to pull you back when they think you are doing something wrong. It’s just to have absolute trust in your judgment and go to bed with both eyes closed.

A lot of people don’t have that in their families. A lot of men find that their wives tend to be quite demanding and impatient and the men then reflect that in their attitude. But I think a woman cannot get the best out of any man by nagging him or making him feel bad and less of a man. But if you let him be a man then you get the best out of him. That’s what has helped this marriage to stay the way it is today.

You are a lawyer but you seem to be averse to politics even when you grew in a political home so to say…
Well, I have seen quite a lot in my life with Ikemba and I have seen that you need to develop very tough skin to go into politics. Unfortunately, that’s something I am yet to develop. Until Nigeria offers an opportunity for one to be a decent politician without having to sell their soul I will continue to be averse to politics. I have hope that we will get to that stage soon because the Nigerian people are no longer willing to just sit back and watch and accept whatever is rammed down their throat. The recent election in Anambra is a pointer to that.

I understand that one or two political offers had come your way. You don’t want them or you just prefer being Ikemba’s wife?
Being Ikemba’s wife is a job on its own. These are issues that are being constantly discussed. Right now my prerogative is my husband and my family. I have a very young family. I don’t want a situation that would have my attention divided. I would like to help determine the path that my children would take. I would like to be instrumental to raising and shaping their lives. I am not saying that I cannot do that and serve the people at the same time. These were offers that were made even before the elections but I just didn’t feel that the time was ripe.

You relationship with Ikemba is the longest he has had with any woman. Does that make you feel special?
(Long laughter) It must be one of two things: its either that I am made of a sponge-like material that can absorb or that I am made of a shell-like object, like a turtle’s back and I have found a way of making things work. Sometimes you are lucky in life. You just come across somebody that God says this is the person that you will stay with for the rest of your life and you just have to work at maintaining that relationship. He is working and I am working too and we both appreciate the fact that we need each other and that we both need to be as committed as we can for the relationship to work. That’s what we are doing, building on it everyday. That’s just the key. It does not make me feel special. It’s not like being in Las Vegas everyday. But the high points are always more than the low points. I think if you can get 70 percent you have done very well.

How do you relate with his other grown up children, and perhaps the other living wives?
(Laughs) I like the way you put, living wives. The fact is that at the time I met him he was a bachelor. He was not living or married to anybody at that time and that’s probably why we were able to go through a Roman Catholic wedding. We had our wedding in a Roman catholic church and that would have been impossible if he were designated a married man. Otherwise he would have been a bigamist. I am just making the point that I met him as a bachelor. Of course he had been in a lot of other relationships but I have not had the opportunity of interacting with those people that he had had relationships with in the past.

What about his children?
Oh yes. You know he has three children that are older than I am. We get on quite well. Most of the children don’t live here. They live abroad. My marriage to their father is not anything new because they live in societies where such things are not abnormal as such. They know their limits. We hold family meetings and things like that. Some times issues come up that we don’t all agree upon. At such times Ikemba steps in and sorts things out. That’s normal but generally we get on well. So far it’s been quite cordial and when they come on vacation they stay here and I am glad to tell you that they all have their rooms here. I have tried to make sure that we are one united family.

What I deduce from the foregoing is that you are Ojukwu’s only legitimate wife.
That’s correct. If there is anybody else who can present a wedding picture, a marriage certificate in the church then I am willing to defer to that person. However, we live in Africa and the church format is not the only acceptable mode. There is the traditional mode. In my own case I did not start with the traditional marriage because my parents were initially opposed to the marriage. I only went through the traditional marriage after the birth of my children. My children were present at the event. Any woman who has been married in the traditional mode is also an acceptable wife. The only time both modes come into conflict is when there is a legal contention. That’s why I am making it clear that he went through both processes with me.

You mean you are not aware of any other women who went through those processes with him.
I am not aware of anybody that went through a church wedding with him. You know the Roman Catholic Church is very strict in that respect. If they had any such information they would not have done the wedding. No Catholic priest would wed you if he considers you a bigamist. They wed you strictly on the basis that you are a single man.

Is he still the romantic man you met in 1989?
Oh my. I think romance runs in his veins. He will never change. I am the one who is not romantic. I am very practical. But he is very poetic. By virtue of his education and interactions in life, Ojukwu was raised as an aristocrat, so he tends to focus more on the classics, the arts, literature and so on. When you look at him in that light you find that he cannot but be romantic. In every thing he does it comes through. It’s part of his everyday life. Even now when he is not as strong as he used to be, he would still come to open doors for me to get into the car. He would ensure I am served a drink before him and things like that. He is a typical gentle man. Without a doubt if Ikemba is nothing else he is a perfect gentleman.

Why did you say you won’t allow him present himself again for an elective post?
I think he has done his bit. There comes a time in every man’s life when you just need to find the nearest beach, find a deck chair, sit by the ocean and reflect. I think he is at that stage in his life. He has done nothing but live and breathe the Igbo course. Sometimes he would hear of some injustice somewhere and he would stay awake all night trying to find how it can be redressed. I remember the situation of the Apo six. He would wake up at night and say to me, what’s happening, have these people been found, what are you gleaning from the media? Anytime an Igboman suffers any form of injustice it makes his blood boil, even in situations when he feels helpless. At such times I simply pray to God that he does not have a blood condition because you see him so agitated.

At such times I also tell him to stop knocking his head against the brick wall. I think he has sacrificed everything including his family. There are things he ought to have done but didn’t have the time to do because of his struggles. Now I think that whatever time he has left should be used for his family, to nurture the family and let other people carry on from where he left off.

You are the closest person to him who can tell me this: will people ever get to read his memoirs?
Like you and everybody else I also keep my fingers crossed. But I can tell you that he has been writing but slowly though. Sometimes he wakes up, remembers an incident and then writes. One thing I know is that he is not writing the account in sequence, he puts down incidents as he remembers. At the moment there is a group currently showing very strong interest in getting him to complete and publish the memoirs. But I do not know how soon that will be. And it is something that we all really need to see, to know what really happened or more importantly how his mind was working at the time, his fears, anxieties and aspirations, what he wanted to achieve and why he took some of the decisions he took. A lot of people still do not have a real grasp of those things and we need to get into the innermost recesses of his mind to know them.

But is he really working on it?
Yes, I know for a fact that he is working on it but at a snail speed.

You still look trim and fit, how do you manage to keep this fit?
Do you know what it takes to run this house, run my NGO, run my law chambers? There are so many things I am doing that sometimes I don’t even have time for lunch.


http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/nov/27/national-27-11-2011-002.html

is that another way of begging for boko haram membership? pls moderator checkmate this thread, its fishy.

tpia@:
Here we go again.

Hope the connection between north boko haram and south boko haram is quite clear now.

people like this dumb***ss above shld not be allowed on this forum.

Dudu_Negro:
. . . how do you begin to compare a peeing coward to a cross-dressed Army General of a brave biafrans?    A General who has reputation for dissapearing into fox holes when Murtala and Adekunle are mentioned.  Do you recognize this?

SHUT YOUR BRAIN UP!