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Wiseandtrue:
Please correct me if I am wrong, what is INEC's business with Atiku's lawyer

Are they now Buhari's lawyer

How such a body can even organise a credible election is beyond me.

In a law suit,the first rule is that 1. The law us blind meaning that whatever you present is what will be decided upon. So each party to a case looks for anything to win the case. Now INEC was equally sued in fact they are the first defendant so they will defend with all they have to win the case

OP you twisted the story and gave a wrong title. The pastor was issuing a general warning that people should be aware that personal endowment that attract the opposite sex should not get into one's head but one should remember that only salvation based on repentance of our sin can guarantee us heaven

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Do you know why I feel glad debating with anybody on this topic? You'll never be able to provide any proof that Jesus was born by a virgin before Isis and Horus or walked on water or resurrected from the dead before Osiris or Mithra or Krishna.

You'll never be able to provide a single artifact left behind in any place showing that there was a virgin Mary or Jesus. All the stories happened in your unholy bible.

On the contrary, evidence abound in Egypt in sculpture and writing showing that a virgin conceived and begat a messiah called Horus, 5,000 years before anybody heard of Mary or Jesus. If you travel to Egypt today, you'll still see an inscription at the Abydos temple of Seti I, it is written on stone saying about Isis ''I am the great virgin'' who begat Horus. Thousands of years before Mary or Jesus, the concept of a virgin mother giving birth to a messiah was already known in Africa, India, Iran, Mexico. It was nothing new!. Your bible is simple a plagiarism with names changed!.
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The ankh is not evidence taken out of context. In fact, in ancient Egypt, the ankh represented the way, the truth, life.

Bart Ehrman has said many times that you all are misquoting him. The comment you credited to him was a snap reply he gave in an interview as a general short answer, not a detailed answer. If you need details, read his books on Christianity and I bet you'll free yourself from this indoctrination. When you all began misquoting him, he wrote a book; misquoting Jesus. Go and read it if you really love the true history of your mythical Jesus. Any place you read in your bible that ''Jesus said'' its simply literature because there was no such person called Jesus who said such a thing. Mr. Ehrman states that ''in the entire first century, Jesus is not mentioned by a single Greek or Roman historian, religion scholar, politician, philosopher or poet. His name never occurs in a single inscription and it is never found in a single piece of private correspondence. Zero!. Zip references!!................ Dr. Bart Ehrman, professor of religious studies, University of North Carolina, USA.
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There you have it!. Your preferred scholar said Jesus could not be found in history.

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EponOjukwu:
When PDP was in power, they usually recorded 100% votes for Pdp candidates in elections.

Obasanjo under Pdp won 100% of Bonny in 2003. This is despite the fact that Marshall Harry the ANPP Chairman was from the SS.

That is why they are fighting in Rivers till today. This is the first true election there where no one has the monopoly of violence or state apparatus to manipulate elections.

You are very right. It actually started in 2015 when Ameachi moved to APC and knowing what they used to do, violence ensued. The same violence was reflected in Akwa Ibom with Umana moving to APC in 2015. Yet PDP used the power of incumbency in Akwa Ibom and federal might in Rivers State to write the poll results as they usual did. 2019 is the only time PDP was not that free to write results in SS and SE as was their normal practice hence the lower no of votes recorded in those states.

Toks2008:
*The eternal truth about salvation the devil does not want you to know.*

I asked a lady friend few days back if she is born again and she struggled with the response she gave but at the end she said "she is not sure".

Whilst speaking to her I perceived a strong cigarette odour oozing out of her mouth and I thought to myself..."She is probably condemning herself and inadvertently denying herself the identity of being a believer in christ.

Her case is not uncommon with many people who do not see themselves as worthy of the status of "a believer in christ or born again"...and the unfortunate reality is that many people are suffering eternally in hell not because they deserve to be there but simply because they were ignorant of the the eternal truth about salvation

Many of them at a time in their lives had vividly given their lives to Jesus but because they found themselves repeating certain sins they gave up their salvation cos they allowed the Devil convince them that they were not good enough for God's kingdom.

Jesus said *"Come UNTO me all that are heavily laden and I will give you rest"(Matthew 11:28-29)*

He also said
*"All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away."(John 6:37)*

Another scripture clearly states in 1 John 2:1–2 
*"My little children, I am writing this to you so that you may not sin; but if any one does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous; and he is the expiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world."*

And to cap all these, the bible made it very clear in Romans 8,38-39 that *"Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future,neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."* Hallelujah!

So brother's and sisters,once you accept Jesus as your Lord and saviour,you are heaven bound and you have no business with HELL anymore...

I don't know the sins in your life or the bad habits that are making you feel unworthy... *no matter the sin or habit Jesus says come to me and I will give you rest*...even after you have come to him and you still find yourself committing same sins or even worse just know that Jesus will never drive you away and no sin can seperate you from Jesus.

All you need is a willing heart,a heart that sincerely wants to live for Jesus and the only person who can help you leave any kind of sin is Jesus.

*You must understand that no matter how hard you try,you can not overcome sins by your effort so rather than give up your salvation or find yourself unfit to be born again,I admonish you to come to Jesus as you are and ask the Holy spirit to help you live a life JESUS will be proud of and you will be amazed that you will hate those sins that you thought you could never do away with.*

*Just remember that no matter how many times you fall,Jesus is ever ready to accept you and if the spirit of GOD truly dwells in you,committing sins will not be pleasurable to you.*

But no matter how hard you struggle with sins in your life,DON'T EVER GIVE UP YOUR SALVATION.

*GOD BLESS YOU AND SHARE THIS FOR OTHERS TO SEE AND BE LIBERATED FROM SELF CONDEMNATION.*

I think we need to be careful about this doctrine of "once saved, always saved" doctrine it is dangerous and makes one to continue to engage in sinful either thr the belief that I cannot lose my salvation which is absolutely a lie.

At the point of salvation at you accept Christ, if you die immediately after you would make heaven. However, for every passing day, you must strive to live holy by the grace of the Holy Spirit, meditate and obey the word of God, attend church service and be in company of believers, to protect your salvation. As you do this, you will be getting sanctified such that sins of the past become repulsive to you and Holy Spirit will strengthen you not to fall into temptation. In fact of you do fall, however insignificant you would be convicted of the Holy Spirit and by seeking forgiveness (and not going back) your sin will be washed away 1 Jn 2:1-2. If once saved, always saved Apostle Paul will not cry against believers living in sin ROM 6:1-2 "What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin that grace may abound? Certainly not. How shall we who dies to sin live any longer in it? Also he said in Phil 2:12-13 To work out your salvation with fear and trembling.

Apostle Peter also warned I. 2 Peter 2:19-21 that those who have been saved and have had knowledge of the Jesus Christ and then go back to sin. Then such people are in worse situation and it is better never to have been saved in the first place.

The conclusion is that we serve a holy God which face cannot behold iniquity so to make heaven you must be in right standing having your name written in the Book of Life and no one who in whose sin is found will make heaven. Since we don't know when the trumpet will sound one cannot to live careless and toy with one's salvation.

princeade86:
hmm mmm mmm. many of u dont know that the only sin atiku committed was that, he dont allow OBJ for third term agenda. but to make the matter worst, 70% of nigerians are illetrate, they believe only what they read online or news paper. for Christ sake, atiku was never a president, yet u are saying he is corrupt. yet, u never charge him for once to court, but using media to tarnish his name. or is he superior to be charge ni? politics!!!!! a game that turn graduate to illetrate. they will know the truth, but will leave it because of selfish interest.

Go and read OBJ's book "My Watch" and come back if you still have same opinion. Atiku was a subject of corruption enquiry published in USA Senate which is why he could not go to USA for a longtime until he bought his way, as usual, got a temporary waiver, through a lobbyist company connected to President Trump

baliyubla:
Lagos O TO GE! Haba!

How can one drug baron and his touts continue to hold a supposed enlightened state like Lagos ransom for 20 years.

Thiefnibu- Godfather
Wife- serial senator
Daughter- Iya Loja
Son- Governor in waiting.
Houseboys- Ambode/Sanwo-Olu.

Lagos Enough is Enough. O TO GE!

we like am like that. We don't want anything PDP here

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BETWEEN ATIKU & THE ELECTION TRIBUNAL.

Tribunal : Atiku, did u win ur own polling unit?

ATIKU: No my lord.

Tribunal : Did u win the polling unit in ur village Jada, Adamawa State?

Atiku: No my lord.

Tribunal : Did ur godfather (Obj) win his polling unit?

Atiku : No my lord.

Tribunal : Did ur financier (IBB) win his polling unit?

Atiku: No my lord.

Tribunal : Did ur spokesman ( Buba Galadima) win his polling unit?

Atiku : No my lord.

Tribunal : Did one of ur strongest backers ( Kwankwanso) win his polling unit?

Atiku : No my lord.

Tribunal: In all honesty, do u think votes in any of these aforementioned polling units were rigged, since u and these mighty men were present there?

Atiku : No my lord.

Tribunal : So why did u bring us here? Do u think we came here to play? U couldn't win ur polling unit, the one in your village and u are crying that u won the election?
If u couldn't win the election in polling units, where u are so sure , how then can u claim to have won in other units far from you? In fact, u just wasted our time...Please, u have no case. Get out of our court...U are a sore loser..

Atiku: Thank u my lord. Am sorry. Just that they told me I will win.

Tribunal : Who told u?

Atiku: My lord. It is all these prophets oo.

Tribunal : OK, go and meet them and collect ur money.. haba , can't u just use ur head? If u or your supporters believe that u and all ur gladiators lost their polling units and yet won the elections, then something must be wrong with u..This is why our education is going bad, because simple logic our children cannot put together..

Tribunal : CASE STRUCK OUT...No case submission.. All rise..

LeeSantos:
Can you list 2 Yoruba state that is doing well economically.. do you think if other tribes pull outta Lagos, Lagos would still remain the same.. what business do you guy even have or do if not to be impregnating people's daughter and be trowing wild parties

You need to read this
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LAGOS MY STATE. WHO OWNS LAGOS? HISTORY 101: POINT OF INFORMATION

"By 1872 Lagos was a cosmopolitan trading center with a population of over 60,000 people. Colonial Lagos developed into a busy, cosmopolitan port, with an architecture that blended Victorian and Brazilian styles.The Brazilian element was imparted by skilled builders and masons who had returned from Brazil The black elite was composed of English-speaking "Saros" from Sierra Leone and other emancipated slaves who had been repatriated from Brazil and Cuba.
By 1872 the population of the colony was over 60,000, of whom less than 100 were of European origin.

In 1876 imports were valued at £476,813 and exports at £619,260. Telephone links with Britain were established by 1886, and electric street lighting in 1898.
In August 1896, Charles Joseph George and G.W. Neville,both merchants and both unofficial members of the Legislative Council, presented a petition urging construction of the railway terminus on Lagos Island rather than at Ido, and also asking for the railway to be extended to Abeokuta. Lagos history is rich in Yoruba tradition,trade and commerce, infrastructural development and cosmopolitanism." -EXTRACTED

With the little facts above, I would like to educate some illiterates making stupid assumption from blind sentiments that they developed Lagos.

Lagosians had telephone presence in 1886, Itu and Calabar got connected to Telephone in 1923, while between 1946 and 1952, a three-channel line carrier system was commissioned between Lagos and Ibadan and was later extended to Osogbo, Kaduna, Kano, Benin, and Enugu.

Communication technology is a major signifier of civilizations and if Lagosians were already making telephone calls more than 70 years before Igbo citizens, where then did you get the warped idea that you came to develop Lagos?

By 1856 Cable and Wireless Company of the UK had commissioned a submarine cable link between Lagos and London and in 1851 a post office was established in Lagos; all these before the emergence of Nigeria as an amalgamated country. If I may ask again, where did the stupid idea that Igbo developed Lagos come from? Or that Lagos was developed with Nigeria's money when Lagos was not even part of Nigeria until 1914.

I always feel embarrassed anytime I read and hear even so-called educated people from the East making these stupid assertions.

The first Yoruba lawyer Christopher Alexander Sapara Williams was called to the English Bar in 1879 whilst the first Igbo lawyer, Sir Louis Mbanefo, was called to the English bar in 1937.

Again the first Yoruba medical practitioner, Dr. Nathaniel King, graduated in 1875 from the University of Edinburgh whilst the first Igbo medical practitioner, Dr. Akannu Ibiam, graduated from another Scottish University in 1935. Again I ask, where did the ignorant hypothesis of the backward Yoruba race who needed development by the superior Igbo race come from?

For the sake of our generation and posterity, we need to teach factual history and not just cook up some cock and bull ego-centric concoctions as facts. The attitude of recycling long tales steeped in empty arrogance should be discarded before you miseducate your kids with fictions.

Awolowo will continue to be the Yoruba hero not because of blind followership but because he gave his people the system of free education, free healthcare and he introduced Television to the Yoruba; making Yorubaland the first region to have a TV station in Africa, all done with revenues from Cocoa. It is crass ignorance and naked buffonery to claim Lagos was built with Nigeria's money. In addition, where did the foolish idea that the Igbo brought civilization to Lagos and Yoruba-land come from?

The aim of this post is not to deride any tribe but to correct the dangerous misinformation trending among some Igbo youths and common in their narratives that Lagos is a no-man's land and that their fathers built and developed Lagos.

Ancestors of Igbo people came to Yoruba-land like all other settlers and we appreciate their contributions. But the stupid claim that Igbo built and developed Lagos is a gross display of stupidity because Lagos was already developed before Igbo ancestors came here from their villages and towns.

The first storey building in Nigeria was built in Marina, Badagry in 1845, long before some of hinterland people gave up the idea of conical mud houses with thatched roofs which some boastfully called 'ancient mansions.' How can you now claim your grand-sires developed Lagos? Please if you are one of those spreading the fiction, I expect you to desist from self-delusion and collective amnesia forthwith.

The first Igbo alphabet-character set and Igbo primer (Isoama-Ibo) was published by Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther (a Yoruba man from Osogun) in 1857. How can you now claim superiority over the Yoruba race and even carelessly affirm that your forebears should be thanked for bringing enlightenment to Yoruba Land?

While I do not see all these achievements as a sign of Yoruba superiority over the Igbo or any other tribe, for I do not believe in racial superiority; I will not also tolerate any attempt by bigots who stoke ethnic hatred through incitement and arrogant claims of superiority over others

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 fron 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
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 the 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 govt because his brother Aguiyi Ironsi was the head of state then. Today, he is shouting restructuring that he helped to destroy. We won’t forget.”. Let those who have ears

WHAT BIAFRANS WILL NEVER TELL YOU ABOUT THE REAL CAUSE OF THEIR WOES IN NIGERIA TODAY:

The Igbo man is known to enjoy blaming the Hausafulanis, 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 the 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.


https://www.thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/06/my-opposition-to-secession-zik/

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 heros. 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.

Deadly Truth: Igbos frequently reference Aburi Accord to create the impression that the rest 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 agreements.

Obasanjo removed history from the school curriculum hence the reason why many of what we do for a know of the eventualities in Biafra war were altered to suite their narratives.

Narratives by Engr. Ajiboye

GEEBITE:
Imagine a poster boy for tribal bigotry like you ranting like this too.Havent you been promoting driving Igbos out of SW.Which one is worse between that and refusal to give an able bodied adult his hard earned money?

You are on point. Their hatred, even by the enlightened, for the Northerners just don't make sense. Even where I voted they demonstrated that at the polling booth. I chose not to take them because I would be beating a dead horse.

stephleena:
lol..u are really hurt..doh!
In as much as, Christianity is all about love,loving your neighbours as yourself that doesn't mean u should go blind, when you see the truth staring at u...and the truth is these northerners don't want help, they detest
t progress, as long as their brother is in power.. they love power even to the detriment of their well being .

You were part of the people hailing them,calling them "kingmakers".. despite the kings coming from their midst, what do they have to show it?..

Even the Bible say,he that hates work, should not eat.. if they could queue up as early as 2 a.m,to vote,they should have the strength to work..

I think the point of the OP is that the fellow hatred was based on Atiku losing out. There is nothing wrong if you choose not to give them anything. Losing an election should not be the basis to show hatred towards any tribe.

I voted PMB. However before and after election I have determined never to give alms to the crop of beggars I drive past daily on Freedom Way Lekki. I share the same view that these ones are healthy enough to work.

KenOne:
So even in the South-South they tumb print to rig election for PDP and the same people paint the picture as if it's only in the North they rig elections.

It has been standard practice for PDP to rig in SE and SS since 1999. APC was on ground this last election to checkmate them, that is why you did not see the massive votes from SS and SE as before.

emkz:
It therefore means that the excess may have arose from overvoting, the reasons they were rejected. The returning officers explained this when they presented the results.

rejected vote is 26,772 and not 226,772

I like the INEC chairman.

Chidoka came to impugn the integrity of the elections in the north east

The INEC chairman quietly told him to submit his letter at INECs office. No one was interested in his funny take-our-letter drama. Yakubu firmly reminded everyone that Atiku's agents signed the results in Borno and Yobe and Adamawa.

And that brings me to it.

Atiku is supposed to be a Fulani man from Jada, Adamawa, North East Nigeria. His not from the southeast. He is not an Igbo man being victimised by a northern rigging machinery.

The results are eloquent. He was rejected by his kinsmen.

No one is fighting for Atiku in Jada or Adamawa. No one in Adamawa is complaining of card reader issues.

But my brothers from Biafra are banging their heads on the wall swearing that Atiku was cheated in his village.

Wike and Secondus all turned out eye bulging figures from their villages. They are now talking about Atiku as if he were a vulnerable child being exploited by adults.

If Atiku was cheated in a state where he employs half of the state's workforce and no one there has raised a murmur , then something fundamental is amiss.

The truth is that Atiku is not a man of his people.

Let those crying for him respect the wishes of his people. whatever it is let those who have small businesses in Ariaria concentrate on what happened in Aba.

Atiku knows his people. And his people know him.

Akpabio couldn't win in Akwa Ibom. Ajumobi couldn't win in Oyo. So there is nothing spectacular about Atiku who has never really won anything in the northeast in the last 12 years losing woefully there.

Ugo Egbujo

I like the INEC chairman.

Chidoka came to impugn the integrity of the elections in the north east

The INEC chairman quietly told him to submit his letter at INECs office. No one was interested in his funny take-our-letter drama. Yakubu firmly reminded everyone that Atiku's agents signed the results in Borno and Yobe and Adamawa.

And that brings me to it.

Atiku is supposed to be a Fulani man from Jada, Adamawa, North East Nigeria. His not from the southeast. He is not an Igbo man being victimised by a northern rigging machinery.

The results are eloquent. He was rejected by his kinsmen.

No one is fighting for Atiku in Jada or Adamawa. No one in Adamawa is complaining of card reader issues.

But my brothers from Biafra are banging their heads on the wall swearing that Atiku was cheated in his village.

Wike and Secondus all turned out eye bulging figures from their villages. They are now talking about Atiku as if he were a vulnerable child being exploited by adults.

If Atiku was cheated in a state where he employs half of the state's workforce and no one there has raised a murmur , then something fundamental is amiss.

The truth is that Atiku is not a man of his people.

Let those crying for him respect the wishes of his people. whatever it is let those who have small businesses in Ariaria concentrate on what happened in Aba.

Atiku knows his people. And his people know him.

Akpabio couldn't win in Akwa Ibom. Ajumobi couldn't win in Oyo. So there is nothing spectacular about Atiku who has never really won anything in the northeast in the last 12 years losing woefully there.

Ugo Egbujo

I like the INEC chairman.

Chidoka came to impugn the integrity of the elections in the north east

The INEC chairman quietly told him to submit his letter at INECs office. No one was interested in his funny take-our-letter drama. Yakubu firmly reminded everyone that Atiku's agents signed the results in Borno and Yobe and Adamawa.

And that brings me to it.

Atiku is supposed to be a Fulani man from Jada, Adamawa, North East Nigeria. His not from the southeast. He is not an Igbo man being victimised by a northern rigging machinery.

The results are eloquent. He was rejected by his kinsmen.

No one is fighting for Atiku in Jada or Adamawa. No one in Adamawa is complaining of card reader issues.

But my brothers from Biafra are banging their heads on the wall swearing that Atiku was cheated in his village.

Wike and Secondus all turned out eye bulging figures from their villages. They are now talking about Atiku as if he were a vulnerable child being exploited by adults.

If Atiku was cheated in a state where he employs half of the state's workforce and no one there has raised a murmur , then something fundamental is amiss.

The truth is that Atiku is not a man of his people.

Let those crying for him respect the wishes of his people. whatever it is let those who have small businesses in Ariaria concentrate on what happened in Aba.

Atiku knows his people. And his people know him.

Akpabio couldn't win in Akwa Ibom. Ajumobi couldn't win in Oyo. So there is nothing spectacular about Atiku who has never really won anything in the northeast in the last 12 years losing woefully there.

Ugo Egbujo

Nigeria

ararumeteam:
BREAKING | PDP Asks INEC to Stop Results Collation ‘Immediately’
SIGNAL on February 26, 2019 at 8:39 pm
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately stop the collation of results of the presidential election.

Addressing a press conference on Tuesday evening, Tanimu Turaki (SAN), Deputy Director (Administration) of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organization, who spoke on behalf of Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate, urged the commission to suspend further announcement of results from states.

Buhari is currently leading according to figures collated from more than 20 states.

Speaking on the collation at the International Conference Centre (ICC) in Abuja, Turaki said: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands, in line with the commitment to a transparent, free and fair election, an immediate halt to the on-going collation of results by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), until data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units are made available to all the parties in the election.

“The PDP predicates its demand on available evidence to the effect that data from the card readers are being reconfigured to suit the manipulations, rigging and over-voting already carried out during the election in some states by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

“Already, the PDP National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus, has communicated this position of our party to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu. We have evidence from the smart card reader accreditation data that what is being announced by INEC has been seriously tampered with and manipulated.”

The party went on to cite instances where elections were allegedly rigged.

Turaki continued: “In the meantime, we demand the immediate and outright cancellation of Presidential election results in Yobe, Zamfara, Nasarawa and Borno states as submitted by INEC presiding officers and ask for the conduct of fresh elections in these states.

“In Yobe, the total number of votes submitted as cast was more than the number of accredited voters. Whereas the number of accredited voters was 601,056, the total votes cast was 775, 449. This is a clear case of over-voting which, by the provisions of the Electoral Act, renders the election null and void. In such instance, the law provides for another election on a day to be fixed by INEC.

“In Zamfara state, no actual voting took place and there was no single result sheet in any polling unit in the entire state. There was an arrest in Shinkafi Local Government, where an APC member was caught thumb-printing ballot papers inside his house. Results from the presiding officer from Zamfara were concocted and allocated according to the wishes of the leadership of the APC and INEC. The PDP therefore demands the outright deletion of the results from Zamfara from INEC records and a conduct of free, fair and credible Presidential election in Zamfara state.

“Also in Borno state, there was no election but a figure writing exercise and allocation of results according to the whims and caprices of the APC leaders. We also demand the outright deletion of the results from Borno from INEC records and a conduct of free, fair and credible Presidential election in Borno state.

“In Nasarawa, the PDP demands the immediate restoration of our over 157,000 lawful and valid votes which were unlawfully and arbitrarily cancelled by INEC and the announcement of the actual results from the field.

“Similarly, the PDP demands an immediate restoration of our over 79,000 valid votes which were unlawfully cancelled by INEC in Kogi state and the announcement of the authentic results inclusive of the restored 79,000 votes

“In the FCT, the PDP demands the restoration of 27,000 valid votes unlawfully and arbitrarily cancelled by INEC and a declaration of the authentic result, inclusive of our restored 27,000 votes.

“In Plateau, the PDP demands the immediate restoration of our over 30,000 lawful and valid votes, which were unlawfully cancelled particularly in Jos North and the declaration of the genuine results as delivered at the polling units inclusive of our 30,000 restored votes.

“The PDP therefore calls on Nigerians to disregard the results until INEC provides the data from the smart card reader accreditation at the polling units, conducts fresh election in Borno, Yobe and Zamfara states as well as restore our votes in Plateau, FCT, Kogi and Nasarawa states.

“The PDP maintains that from the actual votes delivered at the polling units, which we all have, Nigerians clearly and unequivocally gave their mandate to Atiku Abubakar.”


http://www.signalng.com/breaking-pdp-asks-inec-to-stop-results-collation-immediately/

Based on results declared in all the states plus FCT, Buhari of APC has polled 15,191, 903 while Atiku scored a total of 11,263,987. This implies that Buhari defeated the main opposition contender with a total of 3,927,916.

In securing these votes, President Buhari has polled more than 25% of the total valid votes in 33 states plus FCT. He failed to secure up to 25% votes in Rivers, Anambra and Enugu states.

Having met the requirements of the Constitution as described above, President Muhammad Buhari has been given the mandate by Nigerians to lead them for the next 4 years. Welcome to the era of NextLevel for the next 4 years.

Based on results declared in all the states plus FCT, Buhari of APC has polled 15,191, 903 while Atiku scored a total of 11,263,987. This implies that Buhari defeated the main opposition contender with a total of 3,927,916.

In securing these votes, President Buhari has polled more than 25% of the total valid votes in 33 states plus FCT. He failed to secure up to 25% votes in Rivers, Anambra and Enugu states.

Having met the requirements of the Constitution as described above, President Muhammad Buhari has been given the mandate by Nigerians to lead them for the next 4 years. Welcome to the era of NextLevel for the next 4 years.

Based on results declared in all the states plus FCT, Buhari of APC has polled 15,191, 903 while Atiku scored a total of 11,263,987. This implies that Buhari defeated the main opposition contender with a total of 3,927,916.

In securing these votes, President Buhari has polled more than 25% of the total valid votes in 33 states plus FCT. He failed to secure up to 25% votes in Rivers, Anambra and Enugu states.

Having met the requirements of the Constitution as described above, President Muhammad Buhari has been given the mandate by Nigerians to lead them for the next 4 years. Welcome to the era of NextLevel for the next 4 years.

I got to go sleep.

Based on results declared in all the states plus FCT, Buhari of APC has polled 15,191, 903 while Atiku scored a total of 11,253,987. This implies that Buhari defeated the main opposition contender with a total of 3,937,916.

In securing these votes, President Buhari has polled more than 25% of the total valid votes in 33 states plus FCT. He failed to secure up to 25% votes in Rivers, Anambra and Enugu states.

Having met the requirements of the Constitution as described above, President Muhammad Buhari has been given the mandate by Nigerians to lead them for the next 4 years. Welcome to the era of NextLevel for the next 4 years.

I got to go sleep.

Kingsley10000:
wike effect

i trust hjm to deliver

Wike could not do the magic he performed in 2015 now because no federal might to rig the election.

Slaveman343:
Rivers State Presidential Result:

APC:175,000

PDP:1,225,276

not verified

This is not 2015 when PDP wrote result in SE Rivers and entire SS except Edo.

PDP needs to send FFK to Abuja Collation Center to do an Orubebe there. That is the only time I will take FFK serious about the advice he gave PDP to form a parallel govt.

somalianprince:
It was only insane few and almajiris that voted Buhari. No one conscious of the economy and polity voted Buhari. That's why people even in Abuja the seat of power voted against Buhari. The same thing made Osibanjo to lose his area in Lagos.

SE, SS, SW, NC all voted massively for Atiku, except few mad people and millions of almajiris in the core north that doesn't know what is decent living and state of the economy.

GOD help Nigeria

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THEY ARE STILL NIGERIANS

aremso:
At least his boss confirmed it and that alone is enough to me

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I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLE CONVENIENTLY IGNORE WHAT OBJ HAS SIAD (AND EVEN REITRATED IT FEW DAYS TO ELECTTION) THAT ATIKU IS A THIEF AND FANTASTICALLY CORRUPT. YET WE WANT SUCH CHARACTER TO MANAGE OUR COMMON PURSUE. GOD FORBID.

[quote author=aremso post=76105796]pls lets ask mr. atiku what he has done wrong against his people, the margin is crazy.[/quot

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His people are not stupid. They know ATIKU is fantastically corrupt and have chosen to stay with Mr. Integrity

aremso:
u better face the reality on ground and fasten your seat belt for the next 4yrs cos no more free monies and alot of millionaire would be produced this time around cos guys will engage their brain and this will result in more monies to them but no more free monies for the next 4 yrs

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GOD BLESS YOU FOR THE TRUE ADVICE. THIS GOVT SUPPORTS TRUE BUSINESS PEOPLE AND NOT THOSE THAT WERE HAVING FREE MONIES TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.

contigiency:
Shut up my friend. apc rigged atiku's polling unit, galadima, obasanjo, bode judge etc. And nobody heard about all these your rigging complaint until now the results are coming out. I am from south East, if I tell you the level of rigging pdp did here, you won't believe it. so both parties rig. That one party outsmarted the other doesn't mean that the party is of a greater evil.

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We all know all parties rig. What INEC and this Administration have prevented is Result Writing that used to be the in-thing consistently in SS and SE.

Levant:
With the widespread hunger and poverty affecting Nigerians under bubu, what is still fuelling the courage of many Nigerians to use their hands to vote for him again?

I can understand illiteracy, poverty and religion used as weapons in the north, where bubu is from.

I can also understand the 2023 factor, tinubu thuggery and osinbanjo in the south west. Even at that, the votes are shared in the southwest.

But what of places like akwa ibom, delta and Imo?

Even with all the excuses, one can still wonder at the north and southwest. Isn't hunger disturbing them?

Next any Yoruba or northerner come to me begging for food, I will send him to bubu. The one they're voting for should feed them.

Or is this not daylight robbery and bold rigging we are witnessing?

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Because true hardworking and enlightened Nigerians know that God used PMB to save Nigeria from what Venezuela is experiencing now as a result of wanton corruption experienced during PDP era (especially GEJ admin). Secondly, everyone knows ATIKU is a rogue of international repute and would not want him near the treasury. He will take the country back into the dark ages. Despite PMB deficiencies, he is a better choice any day than Atiku. If PDP had chosen Tambuwal, perhaps the votes in the North could have split.