“Let me start by saying that I am Fulani (laughter). My grandfather was an Emir and therefore I represent all that has been talked about this afternoon. Sir Ajayi has written a book. And like all Nigerians of his generation, he has written in the language of his generation.

“My grandfather was a Northerner, I am a Nigerian. The problem with this country is that in 2009, we speak in the language of 1953. Sir Olaniwun can be forgiven for the way he spoke, but I can not forgive people of my generation speaking in that language.

“Let us go into this issue because there are so many myths that are being bandied around.

Before colonialism, there was nothing like Northern Nigeria. Before the Sokoto Jihad, there was nothing like the Sokoto caliphate. The man from Kano regard himself as bakane. The man from Zaria was bazazzage. The man from Katsina was bakatsine. The kingdoms were at war with each other. They were Hausas, they were Muslims, they were killing each other.

“The Yoruba were Ijebu, Owo, Ijesha, Akoko, Egba. When did they become one? When did the North become one? You have the Sokoto Caliphate that brought every person from Adamawa to Sokoto and said it is one kingdom. They now said it was a Muslim North.

“The Colonialists came, put that together and said it is now called the Northern Nigeria. Do you know what happened? Our grand fathers were able to transform to being Northerners. We have not been able to transform to being Nigerians. [/b]The fault is ours.

Tell me, how many governors has South West produced after Awolowo that are role models of leadership? How many governors has the East produced like Nnamdi Azikiwe that can be role models of leadership? How Many governors in the Niger Delta are role models of leadership? Tell me. There is no evidence statistically that any past of this country has produced good leaders.

You talk about Babangida and the economy. Who were the people in charge of the economy during Babangida era? Olu Falae, Kalu Idika Kalu. What state are they from in the North?

“We started the banking reform; the first thing I heard was that in Urobo land, that there will be a curse of the ancestors. I said they (ancestors) would not answer. They said why? [b]I said how many factories did Ibru build in Urobo land? So, why will the ancestors of the Urobo people support her?

“We talk ethnicity when it pleases us. It is hypocrisy. You said elections were rigged in 1959, Obasanjo and Maurice Iwu rigged election in 2007. Was it a Southern thing? It was not.

“The problem is: everywhere in this country, there is one Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba and Itshekiri man whose concern is how to get his hands on the pile and how much he can steal.

Whether it is in the military or in the civilian government, they seat down, they eat together. In fact, the constitution says there must be a minister from every state.

“So, anybody that is still preaching that the problem of Nigeria is Yoruba or Hausa or Fulani, he does not love Nigeria. The problem with Nigeria is that a group of people from each and every ethnic tribe is very selfish. The poverty that is found in Maiduguri is even worse than any poverty that you find in any part of the South. The British came for 60 years and Sir Ajayi talked about few numbers of graduates in the North (two at independence). What he did not say was that there was a documented policy of the British when they came that the Northerner should not be educated. It was documented. It was British colonial policy. I have the document. I have published articles on it. That if you educate the Northerner you will produce progressive Muslim intellectuals of the type we have in Egypt and India. So, do not educate them. It was documented. And you say they love us (North).

“I have spent the better part of my life to fight and Dr. (Reuben) Abati knows me. Yes, my grandfather was an Emir. Why was I in the pro-democracy movement fighting for June 12? Is (Moshood) Abiola from Kano? Why am I a founding director of the Kudirat Initiative for Nigerian Development (KIND)?

“There are good Yoruba people, good Igbo people, good Fulani people, good Nigerians and there are bad people everywhere. That is the truth.

“Stop talking about dividing Nigeria because we are not the most populous country in the world. We have all the resources that make it easy to make one united great Nigeria. It is better if we are united than to divide it.

“Every time you talk about division, when you restructure, do you know what will happen? In Delta, Area, the people in Warri will say Agbor, you don’t have oil. When was the Niger Delta constructed as a political enlity? Ten years ago, the Itshekiris were fighting the Urobos. Isn’t that what was happening? Now they have become Niger Delta because they have found oil. After, it will be, if you do not have oil in your village then you can not share our resources.

“There is no country in the world where resources are found in everybody’s hamlet. But people have leaders and they said if you have this geography and if we are one state, then we have a responsibility for making sure that the people who belong to this country have a good nature.

“So, why don’t you talk about; we don’t have infrastructure, we don’t have education, we don’t have health. We are still talking about Fulani. Is it the Fulani cattle rearer or is anybody saying there is no poverty among the Fulani?”, he said

Ex Inferis:

in roughly twenty to thirty minutes, some gawdawful delusioned babbling id10t will appear and start offering lame excuses that GEJ DID not send the "reform bill", that Dokpesi did at the prompting of IBB, and that its Northern senators trying to set asunder what god hath ordained.


PROOF:


"did you send the reform bill to Dokpesi?"

"na we do am. meet me  make i brief you"

"lets meet at IBB campaign office"



19 minutes.  .   .  

18 minutes, ,  . .

aderico:


The only way we can move forward in this country is when we put our religious,cultural and ethnic differences aside to achieve economic and political growth. Let work together to put the right people there in respective of where he/she is from.Nigeria is greater dan an individual or group of people.

aderico:


The only way we can move forward in this country is when we put our religious,cultural and ethnic differences aside to achieve economic and political growth. Let work together to put the right people there in respective of where he/she is from.Nigeria is greater dan an individual or group of people.

bisiaet:



Nice idea brother but can you provide just two names of those capable candidate if you dont mind? Dont take it personal just want to have a better clue of who are those capable candidates.

soldee:

GEJ is the reason why this whole thing has degenerated to a North and South matter.

'My people'     'I am from the Niger Delta'     'These are my people'      'You cannot be Niger delta  than me'

To crown it all, and to rub salt in the faces of all intellectual Niger Deltans, he invites a band of scallywag criminals to the villa and is hi-fiving them saying 'My Broda'

GEJ is the President of the Federal Republic of Section C of the Militant Movement of the Niger Delta, no question.

Let him step aside and let some fresh air into Nigeria. Let them all step aside, GEJ, IBB, Ciroma, ALL

Igwe.:

step aside for you, right? then you'd conclude the investigation then.

jamace:



So, you had expected GEJ to suspend the celebration because of the threat, eh? Do you know the political point they would have scored had GEJ truncated the celebration?

My brother, why are you are joking with a serious national issue of this nature? Why continue to look the other way when a group of people who do not wish Nigeria well are out to frustrate GEJ inorder to label him inexperience, naive and incompetent. I'm shocked that you have even joined them in calling GEJ incompetent. Don't you think they are only trying to give a dog a bad name inorder to hang it?

Don't forget that these Northern politicians have been issuing threats left, right and center, that they will ensure Nigeria becomes ungovernable for GEJ should he indicate interest to contest the 2011 presidential elections. Don't you think  they are fulfilling that threat through one disgruntled element called Okah?

My prayer is that GEJ should ensure ANYBODY involved in that dastardly act of bombing and any other national sabotage be dealt with decisively. Enough of this rubbish.