₦airaland Forum

Chucks13:
Because Tinubu was the president in 1967?

Because Tinubu was a millitary man in 1967?

Because Tinubu was the one who came to shot Asaba people?

And Gej was an expresident so why didn't they asked him to apologised?

And Buhari was an ex president so why didn't they asked him to apologised?

How I wish Tinubu can turn a dictator and drop all these I'm a democrat nonsense for everybody to sit up.

Mr Royal Highness with due respect tell your govtnor to do the apology, Tinubu owed nobody any apology he didn't even know about and was even a young man at that year 1967 sorry its not Tinubu responsibility or go and ask Gowon and Obj to apologised they both participated in the war as a soldier and head of state they are still alive sir

IGBOPROMISE1:
Hope he knows apology means admission of guilt, and with that comes compensation!?

aribisala0:
And you are Professor or SAN Umahi

Don't quote me to engage in ego tussles

I have said what needs to be said

Don't drag me into transparent and childish attempts to resuscitate a meaningless thread

See this one and delusions abeg
You quote me and still giving conditions?
As who?
I'll continue to quote you as long as I want. You don't detect shit to me here

Asagba of Asaba Demands Apology, Reparations Over 1967 Asaba Massacre

The Asagba of Asaba and other monarchs in Delta State has called on President Bola Tinubu to issue a formal apology on behalf of the Federal Government for the massacre of Asaba indigenes by the Nigerian Army during the Biafran war in 1967. The monarch further pledged to pursue justice for the victims through every necessary channel and to any length.

Excerpts:
The Asagba of Asaba, HRM Prof Epiphany Azinge, has described the unprecedented levels of development and peace in Asaba, the Delta State capital, as evidence that the blood of Asaba sons and daughters slain in cold blood on October 7, 1967 by troops of the Nigerian Army was not shed in vain.

Addressing thousands of his people who thronged the Asaba Ogwa Ukwu (Cultural Centre) on Tuesday at the 58th anniversary of the cold-blooded mass killings by the ravaging troops, the Asaba monarch noted that the courageous spirit of the people of Asaba was not dampened by the painful and tragic loss of their parents, sons and daughters, but rather they deliberately rose from the ashes of that disaster to become the highly successful people of the fastest growing city in Nigeria today.

Obi Azinge, who lamented that no formal apology in form of acknowledgement of the genocidal act has been received from the Federal Government of Nigeria 58 years after, vowed the determination of Asaba people to continue to call the attention of Nigerians and even the global community to the unfortunate incident and to press for appropriate compensation for the incalculable human losses in one fell swoop.

Asaba people are poised to take to the international stage the demand for proper and official action of the national government that would become documented evidence of sympathy and compensation for the community.

Obi Prof Azinge, who also led the people of Asaba and the Diaspora in observing of one minute silence, at exactly 12 noon, to honour the memory of the hundreds of unarmed and peaceful Asaba indigenes gunned on the fateful day, said that the communal loss had actually engendered an unbroken bond of unity and courageous drive for prosperity among the people.

The Asaba royal father observed, “The once rustic, quiet town by the River Niger has today transformed into one of the fastest-growing capital cities, not only in Nigeria but in sub-Saharan Africa. Asaba has progressed because of the blood of our sons and daughters massacred 58 years ago.[/b]

“They are martyrs we proudly identify with; they are indeed our forebears and the closest ancestors we can relate to. As we pour libations today, we invoke their spirits as ancestors in their own right.”

Nevertheless, he urged President Bola Tinubu to take a bold step by offering a formal apology to the people of Asaba, and follow that up with a federal university in Asaba to immortalize the victims of the massacre of October 7, 1967.

We must have a fitting memorial for them. We deserve an apology from the Nigerian government, and we need a Federal University established here in Asaba in their memory,” he insisted.

The Asaba monarch, who disclosed that Asaba has in March this year brought the matter to the attention of Mr President, maintained, “We must have a fitting memorial for these Martyrs. We have told the President that we deserve and need an apology from the Nigerian government; and, we need a Federal university established here in Asaba in their memory.”

While paying glowing tribute to the resilience and commitment to peace by the Asaba people, Obi Prof Azinge stressed that they will not rest on the oars until their demand for justice was met.

“We are prepared to take this matter wherever necessary. If Rwanda can come out of the ashes stronger, Asaba has already risen from the ashes. From the going down of the sun till morning, we will always remember them.”

Buttressing the statement of the traditional ruler and legal luminary, the convener of the memorial service and the Isama Ajie of Asaba, Chief Chuck Nduka-Eze, disclosed that a recently finished film documentary on the October 1967 Asaba Massacre would premiere in London, the United Kingdom, on 26th October, underscoring the determination to make post-Asaba Massacre a lesson for the whole world.

According to Nduka-Eze, whose biological murder was one of the victims of the Asaba Massacre for daring to tell the soldiers to halt the abominable act, harped on the need to draw global attention to another October 7, 1967 that occurred more than 55 years before the Hamas sudden attack on Israel in Gaza jolted the world to the persistence of ethnic intolerance in the world.

He announced that the annual remembrance for the Asaba Massacre victims will subsequently be part of the Asaba official cultural calendar.

Nduka-Eze, who described the elaborate memorial event as a historic and necessary act of honour, gave a vivid picture of the Day, going forward: “From today henceforth, Asaba will observe a one-minute silence every October 7 at 12 noon to honour our people who were killed in the Asaba massacre. A 21-gun salute will mark the occasion as a symbol of our collective respect.

“We have been speaking about the massacre to raise awareness; and, it is now time to institutionalise this in our city’s calendar.

When we met with the President, we raised all our concerns. Although, he was silent on the Asaba Massacre, it does not mean he is unaware. We do not remember it with anger but with reflection, because it is what the living owe the dead.”

He said that regarding the massacre with sober reflection rather than with anger and bitterness was the way to go, hence the Middle East and the world at large have a huge lesson to learn from Asaba people, who have chosen to stoically weather the storm and make remarkable progress after the darkest moment in their history.

The member representing Oshimili South (including Asaba) in the Delta State House of Assembly, Hon Bridget Anyafulu, had also drawn the attention of the state legislature to the unfortunately monumental event on October 7, 1967.

The highpoint of Tuesday’s memorial event was the public reading of the names of hundreds of people, mostly men, killed on October 7, 1967, presented by representatives of the five Asaba traditional villages, including Ezenei, Ugbomata, Umuagu, Umuaji and Umuonaje.

The Omu of Asaba, Dr Amaka Boise, likened the victims of the Asaba Massacre as Martyrs whose blood of innocence had ushered peace and blessings, urging the people not to weep anymore but to “tap into the blessing of the Asaba Massacre.”

The choir of Saint John Bosco Catholic Church Asaba also rendered soulful and resurrection hymnals in English and Igbo languages, with Asagba Prof Azinge and his queen (Agu-Nwanyi) joining the choristers from their royal seats.

Lanretoye:
you only have knowledge about sections of the law,you have no idea what is required to build a house…I won’t be fool for nothing

Burob:
Dude me I am not Yoruba, I live in Lagos State, as well as Delta State, just as many Igbos have a bias against Yorubas, so many Yorubas have against Igbos.

If u are Igbo & fall victim, & go with your chest out to Alausa to make noise, most likely u will be frustrated in a manner, one would have no option only, but have pity for u.

Burob:
Not all cases are the same, no matter how similar they may be perceived to be, Lagos state government has lost so many cases, & have won so many also.

U don’t want to be in the shoes of these persons who their properties were demolished, u don’t want to be a victim of Alausa, most especially if u are igbo.

SonOfDSoil01:
Atiku just like Dey press our blodas MuMu button for vote….,

Burob:
It is always the ones like yourself that have nothing, that will always purport to make the loudest noise.

Lagos State government, will not give them 1 Naira, & if the Lagos state government catches any of them so called owners near those demolished properties, na police cell for festac town dey go sleep.

Burob:
I doubt any Justice will be served or compensation will be received, if they are not careful they will be fined heavily for their illegality, the land use act which is enshrined in section 315(5) &(6) of the constitution 1999 as amended says for overriding public interests, building shops or whatever for personal use on federal land is not for overriding public interests.

aribisala0, Putinofrussia, aswani, lanretoye & Co are correct.

The continued detention of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu remains an open sore on our nation’s conscience and a stain on our belief in the rule of law.

Defying court orders that granted him bail is an abuse of power and an assault on justice.

I, therefore, lend my voice in full support of the campaign led by @YeleSowore for his immediate release or due prosecution.

We fail as patriots if we allow Kanu’s case to fester as yet another wound this nation refuses to heal.
–AA

budaatum:
Why are Nigerian authorities so lawless?

Is it because they are not sued for wrongful detention plus stress and loss of income and legal fees?

Godjone:
The oba should go and rest abeg. The state Governor is bigger than him and that is where constitutional authority has placed the oba

Putinofrussia:
Those are private commercial buildings.It has gone beyond the scope of the Federal Government Purposes.
Why don't you understand simple english?

Lanretoye:
go and buy land there and build without approval…what you cannot do in anambra,come and do it here.go and interpret this same crap to the people whose buildings were demolished maybe they will understand.
Building blocks you do t know how to buy but law for those that are building,you carry misinformation for head like woman scarf.
All these rubbish made your people lose their hard earned money to useless stubbornness that you can not display in the south east

Putinofrussia:
Here is an excerpt from the judgment:
“It must be recognized that the power to plan and control development of land within a State belongs to that State.
The Federal Government has no power to regulate town and country planning in a State except in relation to land vested in the Federal Government or any of its agencies for Federal purposes.


For federal purposes is the key word.
Lagos State has power to control the development of land in the trade fair because it is not being used for federal purposes like correctional centres,FG radio outlets,FG fire fighters buildings etc.

Lanretoye:
learn now before you go and make the same grave mistake in future or you continue to argue baselessly like the owners of the building did…federal government can sell land you in Lagos but before you errect any building,Lagos state government must approve it.it is like buying a phone does not automatically own you a SIM card.

Dear Data boys

As from today My name na Rufai Oseni SAN

Coldspice:
Go and get someone to interpret it in your native language.

Coldspice:
Go and ask those more knowledgeable than you about the matter involving landed properties in Lagos that the FG lost. It was when Ambode was Governor.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/land-control-lagos-defeats-fg-supreme-court/%3famp

It's from that case that all owners of FG properties in Lagos needed to go back to Alausa to ratify their titles and get Lagos state C of Os.

Coldspice:
You are ignorant
Igbos don't understand the law and that's one of the reasons Kanu will kpai in jail if you don't get a lawyer outside Igboland to defend him.

Go and read this judgment here.
https://legalpediaonline.com/a-g-lagos-state-v-a-g-federation-ors/

After that, read this one here
https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/land-control-lagos-defeats-fg-supreme-court/%3famp

Lanretoye:
na your brothers Dey legal that is why none of them have been able to come out with approved building plan of the demolished building,not a single one of them.