No Yoruba President In Nigeria For Another 20 Years~DR. FEMI ARIBISALA

It will be the turn of a Southerner to be president again in 2023. That Southerner must, without controversy, be an Igbo man.
If Nigeria were to survive the ticking time bomb of the rigged 2019 presidential election, one of the prerequisites would be that there cannot be a Yoruba president in the country for at least another 20 years. Otherwise, we would be further stoking the flames of disintegration. The Yoruba have provided the president in 8 of the last 20 years. They have also held the vice-presidency for another 4 years. That will do for the next 20 years.

Our country is the Federal Republic of Nigeria and not Oduduwa Republic of Nigeria. Neither is it the Federal Republic of the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba. Nigeria is bigger than the North-west and the South-west, no matter what the bogus population figures used for elections in these geopolitical regions indicate. Therefore, the choice of president cannot be reduced to a ding-dong between them.
Ethnic jingoism

During the 2019 election campaign, Vice-president Yemi Osinbajo tried to seduce Yoruba votes for Buhari on the promise that their vote for him would be rewarded with the presidency in 2023. Since the election, a bogus group calling itself the Afenifere Renewal Group has also come out to say the Yoruba will produce the next president in 2023.
We have also witnessed already a lot of jockeying by self-styled Yoruba presidents-in-waiting for strategic positioning vis-à-vis the 2023 presidential election.

This is the height of deceit and irresponsibility.

What, if I may ask, did the Yoruba man-in-the-street get for having Obasanjo as president for 8 years? The answer is nothing: Zilch! Nada! Niente!
The people who are already projecting a Yoruba president in Nigeria for 2023 are charlatans. They are up to no good and only hankering after juicy appointments for themselves or their godfathers, the better to rob the country blind. Believe me, they could not care less about the Yoruba.

Ask the Almajiri in the North what they have benefitted from the last 4 years of Buhari’s presidency. If they are sincere, they will tell you it is also zilch, nada, niente!
Moreover, I don’t remember Nigeria passing a constitutional amendment now zoning the presidency exclusively to the North-west and the South-west. These irresponsible people don’t mean Nigeria well. Their ethnic jingoism, greed and selfishness is part of what is killing Nigeria today.

Turn of Ndigbo

The democratic experiment has been ongoing now in this fourth republic in Nigeria for 20 years since 1999. In that period, the Yoruba have provided the president for 8 years and the vice-president for 4 years. In the unlikely event that the doctored results of the 2019 election are confirmed by the courts, by 2023, a Yoruba vice-president would have been in power for 8 years.
Therefore, it is preposterous to still insist that the same Yoruba should simply transition from vice-president to president in 2023. What then is to happen to the other ethnic groups in Southern Nigeria? When did they become consigned to be only the hewers of wood and drawers of water for the Yoruba?

The Igbo, one of the three major tribes in Nigeria, have provided neither president nor vice-president in the Fourth Republic. An Igbo man has only ever been head of state in Nigeria for merely six months, after which he was assassinated with extreme prejudice. Nigeria then fought a civil war for 3 years during which the Igbo made an unsuccessful attempt to secede. In that calamity, over a million Igbo were slaughtered and killed.

Accordingly, even the blind must know that it is in the interest of national unity and cohesion for the presidency to go to the Igbo in 2023, after a denial of over 50 years. In the intervening period, the other two major ethnic groups of the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba have had their share.

If federal character is an indelible principle of the Nigerian Constitution, that principle must also find expression at the presidential level. If it does not, it is tantamount to consigning the Igbo to the status of second-class citizens in their own country of Nigeria.
That is why the statements already making the rounds about a Yoruba president in 2023 needs to be stopped immediately before even the mere expression does irreparable damage to the fragile Nigerian psyche.

Rotational presidency

There is an unwritten understanding in this fourth Nigerian republic that the presidency should rotate between North and South. We started with Obasanjo, a Yoruba man from the South in 1999. That election was a straight contest between two Yoruba candidates; Obasanjo and Olu Falae. Obasanjo won that election and was president for 8 years.

Thereafter, it was the turn of the North and the 2007 election was essentially a Northern affair. Yar’adua ran primarily against Buhari and Atiku. He won but, unfortunately, he died in office after barely 2 years. Goodluck Jonathan, his vice-president, then became president. However, he was from the South, so there was hue and cry in the North that he had usurped the Northern slot deemed to be for 8 years.
Jonathan served for two years and was elected for another four years. Thereafter, the North cried enough and Buhari was elected to replace him.
The just-concluded 2019 election was also essentially a contest between two Northerners from the two major parties of the APC and the PDP: Buhari and Atiku. Whatever the conclusion of the tribunal about the fraudulent nature of that election, a Northerner would nevertheless have served as president for 8 years by 2023.

This means it will be the turn of a Southerner to be president again in 2023. That Southerner must, without controversy, be an Igbo man. Any right-thinking Nigerian must see that it is not only high time for this to happen, it is essential for our national integration. It will also signal to all intents and purposes that, after 50 years, the civil war is finally truly over.
So this is my reasoning. Before it can be the turn of a Yoruba man again, 20 years should elapse. This is the breakdown: 2015-2023: Northern president. 2023-2031: Igbo president. 2031-2038: Northern president. That is 20 years before you can get another Yoruba president from the South.
Even then, there is no guarantee that the 2038 president should be a Yoruba man. There are other tribes in the South that can also come into contention in that year. So, in the interest of national unity, 2023 is out of the question for the Yoruba.
Party of enemies

Even though we have yet to completely settle the matter of the 2019 presidency, the struggle for 2023 is already tearing the APC apart. The party is not and has never been cohesive. It is a collection of strange bedfellows who came together for the sole purpose of wresting the presidency from the PDP in 2015. Having done that, the party has been undergoing internal combustion; with its members have been at daggers-drawn ever since.

The only glue still holding APC together is the fact that the current president is from the party. Once Buhari goes, whether now or in 2023, that would be the end of APC. Already, the nPDP component of Atiku, Saraki and Tambuwaal have returned to the PDP. The ACN component, under the leadership of Bola Tinubu, is now at loggerheads with the North-west redoubt, now spearheaded by Nasir el-Rufai.
Everybody knows that the fight for speaker and president of the Senate is a fight for the soul of the APC with an eye to 2023. But the Yoruba are using the excuse that the Igbo did not vote for Buhari and the APC in 2019 to lay claim for the presidency again in 2023. The assumption, of course, is that whoever secures the APC presidential ticket in 2023 is a shoo-in for the presidency, after all, the election can always be rigged again as it was in 2019.

As a matter of fact, the Tinubu-led Yoruba faction in the APC is not only insisting on the 2023 presidency, it is also laying claim now to the Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2019. This greed is so way out of control that Tinubu’s wife in the Senate also has her eyes firmly trained on the post of the Deputy Senate President.
The long and short of this inordinate ethnic monopolistic ambitions is the belief in some quarters that, because of current APC political supremacy, which is actally the result of outright fraud, Nigeria now belongs to the Hausa-Fulani and the Yoruba and no one else. The rest of the people in the country are simply their political subalterns or houseboys. They are only useful at presidential election time to make up the number. Thereafter, they go off the political radar.

The question needs to be asked: are the Igbo Nigerians or are they not? If the answer is yes, as it must be, then we need to ask further: are the Igbo never to be president in Nigeria? 2023 is the year to answer this question once and for all. It is the year when it is so obviously the turn of Ndigbo. The Hausa-Fulani have had more than their fair share. The Yoruba have had their turn. Ditto for the Niger Delta. What excuse then can there be for denying the Igbo their turn in 2023? Only nonsensical and self-serving ones.

Death of the godfathers

Those who insist there is some agreement between Buhari and Tinubu that will propel Tinubu to the presidency in 2023 must be dreaming. Just ask El-Rufai. He will tell you Nigerians will never accept Tinubu as national godfather or president. The template he has used to hold Lagos to ransom cannot be duplicated elsewhere, not even in the South-west.

Tinubu could only hold on to Lagos for Buhari in 2019 by mobilising bullion vans. APC resorted to bribing voters with trailers filled with rice and garri, snatching ballot boxes in Igbo-dominated areas and suppressing opposition votes. If Tinubu can no longer hold the South-west without these shenanigans, he does not have a hope in hell in the rest of Nigeria come 2023.

The riggers of the 2019 election not only rigged out Atiku; they also rigged out the Southern politicians in the APC. They made sure Osinbajo lost his polling unit in Lagos. They ensured Fashola lost his local government. They double-dealed Akpabio by not rigging the election in his favour in Akwa Ibom. They buried Adams Oshiomhole in Edo. They refused to give a certificate of return to Okorocha in Imo. They could not help Rotimi Amaechi secure Rivers for the APC.

In effect, all the APC iroko trees in the South have been cut down. They no longer have to be seriously reckoned with.

POLITICS AND THE REVOLUTION

In revolutionary Biafra, certain basic reforms in politics and political institutions are necessary in order to safeguard the liberty of the People and protect their interest. For example, it will be imperative to separate the functions of the Legislature from those of the Executive. A member of the Legislature cannot at the same time be a member of the Executive. In the past, it was possible for a legislator to be a minister of state which is an executive post, in which case he neglected either his duty to his constituency or his duty to the state. Very often he neglected both.

In revolutionary Biafra there will be an executive leader elected by the people with full powers to choose his lieutenants. If he chooses a legislator or a public servant, such a person must resign his original appointment.
Another important principle is that people should be free to vote and be voted for wherever they live in Biafra. An Ikot Ekpene man living at Etiti should be free to vote and be voted for at Etiti. He does not have to go to Ikot Ekpene to vote or be voted for as happened in the past.
The principle of delegation of power from the People is so important that every revolutionary government of Biafra must encourage Democratically organised groups of youths, students, women, workers, farmers, professional bodies, managerial and business organisations, traders and others to participate actively in political debate and discussion. The Revolution belongs to them.

Then, let us look at our Civil Service. It is too rigid and inflexible, too slow and ponderous for the needs of today. Too often when quick action and initiative are called for, what the public gets is cold, formal and aloof treatment. What is required in the future is a modernised and energised Civil Service, a Service which will fit into our Revolution and become the instrument of change. Its members must embody the spirit of the New Order by identifying with the values of change and progress and promoting these values in the conduct of public affairs.

THE  LEGISLATURE

For  example,  the  Legislature,  which  should  be  the  primary  instrument  for  effecting  the  will of  the  People,  was  too  often  in  the  past  used  to  frustrate  the  People.  As  I  have  said  over and  over  again,  power  derives  from  the  People.  Ideally,  all  the  People  should  be  involved  in the  actual  process  of  lawmaking.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  in  our  traditional  society  all  adults who  had  attained  the  age  of  reason  were  directly  involved  in  discussion,  debate  and decisionmaking  on  all  things  affecting  the  whole  people.  That  was  the  original  government by  consensus.  That  was  possible  when  the  community  was  small  and  compact.  With  the emergence  of  the  nationstate  which  is  larger  and  heterogenous,  this  ideal  procedure became  impracticable.  Therefore,  the  process  of  delegation  of  power  was  evolved  to  meet  a practical  need.  But  this  does  not  invalidate  the  original  principle  that  power  belongs  to  the People. 

A  man  who  is  delegated  by  the  People  to  represent  their  interests,  therefore,  is acting  on  behalf  of  the  People  and  ceases  to  act  for  them  the  moment  they  withdraw  their mandate.  Like  the  ideal  leader,  the  People’s  representative  should  get  out  when  the  People tell  him  to  get  out.  He  must  constantly  reassure  the  People  that  he  is  acting  in  their  best interest. In  the  past,  the  People’s  representatives,  while  paying  lipservice  to  the  primacy  of  the People  and  the  supremacy  of  their  interest,  made  sure  that  in  actual  practice  their  own personal  will  prevailed  over  the  will  of  the  People  and  their  own  personal  interest  over  the interest  of  the  nation.  Thus  we  had  politicians  who  spent  their  time  amassing  wealth,  who did  everything  conceivable  to  remain  in  office,  who  would  kill,  loot,  throw  acid  and  do anything  to  remain  in  power. 

The  will  of  the  People  meant  nothing  to  them. In  the  New  Biafra,  the  Legislature  must  be  constituted  to  reflect  the  spirit  and  the  Principles of  the  Revolution.   Legislators  must  understand  that  responsibility  goes  with  power.  Those  who  wield  power must  appreciate  the  responsibility  attached  to  that  power.  The  legislator  is  a  servant  of  the People  given  special  powers  to  enable  him  discharge  special  responsibilities.  Power  is  not given  to  him  to  turn  him  into  a  big  man,  to  enable  him  sit  inside  huge  American  cars  and build  himself  palaces.  The  conscientious  legislator  who  strives  to  carry  out  his  responsibility will  find  no  time  to  pursue  his  own  lucrative  interests.  He  will  find  no  time  for  membership of  boards  of  corporations  and  directorships  of  public  and  private  companies,  or  for  doing deals  with  foreign  business  interests.

@dele31:

where ya dey..?

PUTTING  THE  REVOLUTION  INTO  PRACTICE

The  Biafran  Revolution  will  continue  to  discover  and  develop  local  talent  and  to  use progressive  foreign  ideas  and  skills  so  long  as  they  do  not  destroy  the  identity  of  our culture  or  detract  from  the  sovereignty  of  our  Fatherland.  The  Biafrans  Revolution  will  also ensure  through  education  that  the  positive  aspects  of  Biafran  traditional  culture,  especially those  which  are  likely  to  be  swamped  out  of  existence  by  introduced  foreign  influences,  are conserved.  The  undiscriminating  absorption  of  new  ideas  and  attitudes  will  be  discouraged. Biafrans  can,  in  the  final  analysis,  only  validly  express  their  nation’s  personality  and enhance  their  corporate  identity  Biafran  culture,  through  Biafran  art  and  literature,  music, dancing  and  drama,  and  through  peculiar  gestures  and  social  habits  which  distinguish  them from  all  other  people. Those  then  are  the  main  principles  of  our  Revolution.  They  are  not  abstract  formulations but  arise  out  of  the  traditional  background  and  the  present  temper  of  our  people. 

They grow  out  of  our  native  soil  and  are  the  product  of  our  peculiar  climate.  They  belong  to  us.  If anyone  here  doubts  the  validity  of  these  principles  let  him  go  out  into  the  streets  and  into the  villages,  let  him  ask  the  ordinary  Biafran.  Let  him  go  to  the  Army,  ask  the  rank  and  file and  he  will  find,  as  I  have  found,  that  they  have  very  clear  ideas  about  the  kind  of  society we  should  build  here.  They  will  not  put  them  in  the  same  words  I  have  used  tonight  but  the meaning  will  be  the  same.  From  today,  let  no  Biafran  pretend  that  he  or  she  does  not  know the  mainspring  of  our  national  action,  let  him  or  her  not  plead  ignorant  when  found indulging  in  unBiafran  activities.  The  principles  of  our  Revolution  are  hereby  clearly  set  out for  everyone  to  see.  They  are  now  the  property  of  every  Biafran  and  the  instrument  for interpreting  our  national  life. But  principles  are  principles.  They  can  only  be  transformed  into  reality  through  the institutions  of  society,  otherwise  they  remain  inert  and  useless.  It  is  my  firm  conviction  that in  the  Biafran  Revolution  principles  and  practice  will  go  hand  in  hand. 

It  is  my  duty  and  the duty  of  all  of  you  to  bring  this  about. Looking  at  the  institutions  of  our  society,  the  very  vehicles  for  carrying  out  our Revolutionary  principles,  what  do  you  find?  We  find  old,  jaded  and  rusty  machines  creaking along  most  inefficiently  and  delaying  the  People’s  progress  and  the  progress  of  the Revolution.  The  problem  of  our  institutions  is  partly  that  they  were  designed  by  other people,  in  other  times  and  for  other  purposes.  Their  most  fundamental  weakness  is  that they  came  into  being  during  the  colonial  period  when  the  relationship  between  the  colonial administrators  and  the  people  was  that  of  master  and  servant.  Our  public  servants,  as  heirs of  the  colonial  masters,  are  apt  to  treat  the  People  today  with  arrogance  and condescension.  In  the  New  Biafran  Social  Order,  we  say  that  power  belongs  to  the  People, but  this  central  principle  tends  to  elude  many  of  the  public  servants  who  continue  to  behave in  a  manner  which  shows  that  they  consider  themselves  masters    the  People  their servants. 

The  message  of  the  Revolution  has  tended  to  fly  over  their  heads.  Let  them beware,  the  Revolution,  gathering  momentum  like  a  flood,  washes  clear  all  impediments  on its  way. Take  any  of  the  institutions  and  the  history  is  the  same.  First,  it  was  fashioned  for  the British  Colonial  Service,  then  it  saw  service  in  that  illfated  country  called  Nigeria.  It  would be  a  miracle,  fellow  countrymen,  if  it  should  be  found  to  be  adequate  for  the  need  of revolutionary  Biafra.  What  is  surprising  is  not  that  these  institutions  fail  us  today  but  that there  should  be  Biafrans,  and  some  of  them  apparently  very  intelligent  people,  who  sit  back and  expect  good  results  from  them.  The  fact  is  that  one  does  not  require  extraordinary commonsense  or  insight  to  see  the  need  for  overhauling  these  machines  and  discarding those  that  are  obsolescent.

AN  EGALITARIAN  SOCIETY

The  Biafran  Revolution  is  committed  to  creating  a  society  not  torn  by  class  consciousness and  class  antagonisms.  Biafran  society  is  traditionally  egalitarian.  The  possibility  for  social mobility  is  always  present  in  our  society.  The  New  Biafran  Social  Order  rejects  all  rigid classifications  of  society.  Anyone  with  imagination,  anyone  with  integrity,  anyone  who works  hard,  can  rise  to  any  height.  Thus,  the  son  of  a  truckpusher  can  become  the  Head  of State  of  Biafra.  The  Biafran  Revolution  will  provide  opportunities  for  Biafrans  to  aspire  and to  achieve  their  legitimate  desires.  Those  who  find  themselves  below  at  any  particular moment  must  have  the  opportunity  to  rise  to  the  top.

Our  New  Society  is  open  and  progressive.  The  people  of  Biafra  have  always  striven  to achieve  a  workable  balance  between  the  claims  of  tradition  and  the  demand  for  change  and betterment.  We  are  adaptable  because  as  a  people  we  are  convinced  that  in  the  world  “no condition  is  permanent”.  And  we  believe  that  human  effort  and  will  are  necessary  to  bring about  changes  and  improvements  in  the  condition  of  the  individual  and  of  society.  The Biafran  would  thus  make  the  effort  to  improve  his  lot  and  the  material  wellbeing  of  his community.  He  has  the  will  to  transform  his  society  into  a  modern  progressive  community. In  this  process  of  rapid  transformation  he  will  retain  and  cherish  the  best  elements  of  his culture,  drawing  sustenance  as  well  as  moral  and  psychological  stability  from  them.  But being  a  Biafran  he  will  never  be  afraid  to  adapt  what  needs  to  be  adapted  or  change  what has  to  be  changed.

dele31:
You need more lies to cover a lie. That's exactly what Nnamdi KANU is doing. The original lie was that the president is dead and the impostor Jubril can't remove his cap but now that he just did, more lies need to be told to substantiate the original lie. Only the gullible will swallow this.

How many more lies will Nnamdi KANU vomit to proof his point?

You know for sure that you're the person running away from the TRUTH. Don't tell me you're that incapable of logic thinking because of usual low IQ-Level which is inherently associative character traits with your people. Now study this 2016 video, what are your observations?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRGeNFAtu0U

For those lacking in Wisdom....

BMC, come and defend this....

PROPERTY  AND  THE  COMMUNITY

In  the  New  Biafra,  all  property  belongs  to  the  Community.  Every  individual  must  consider all  he  has,  whether  in  talent  or  material  wealth,  as  belonging  to  the  community  for  which he  holds  it  in  trust.  This  principle  does  not  mean  the  abolition  of  personal  property  but  it implies  that  the  State,  acting  on  behalf  of  the  community,  can  intervene  in  the  disposition of  property  to  the  greater  advantage  of  all. 

Overacquisitiveness  or  the  inordinate  desire  to amass  wealth  is  a  factor  liable  to  threaten  social  stability,  especially  in  an  underdeveloped society  in  which  there  are  not  enough  material  goods  to  go  round. This  creates  lopsided  development,  breeds  antagonisms  between  the  haves  and  the  have nots  and  undermines  the  peace  and  unity  of  the  people. While  the  Biafran  Revolution  will  foster  private  economic  enterprise  and  initiative,  it  should remain  constantly  alive  to  the  dangers  of  some  citizens  accumulating  large  private  fortunes. Propertygrabbing,  if  unchecked  by  the  State,  will  set  the  pattern  of  behaviour  for  the whole  society  which  begins  to  attach  undue  value  to  money  and  property. 

Thus  a  wealthy man,  even  if  he  is  known  to  be  a  crook,  is  accorded  greater  respect  than  an  honest  citizen who  is  not  so  well  off.  A  society  where  this  happens  is  doomed  to  rot  and  decay.  Moreover, the  danger  is  always  there  of  a  small  group  of  powerful  propertyowners  using  their influence  to  deflect  the  State  from  performing  its  duties  to  the  citizens  as  a  whole  and thereby  destroying  the  democratic  basis  of  society.  This  happens  in  many  countries  and  it  is one  of  the  duties  of  our  Revolution  to  prevent  its  occurrence  in  Biafra. Finally,  the  Biafran  Revolution  will  create  possibilities  for  citizens  with  talent  in  business, administration,  management  and  technology  to  fulfil  themselves  and  receive  due appreciation  and  reward  in  the  service  of  the  State,  as  has  indeed  happened  in  our  total mobilization  to  prosecute  the  present  war.

Lets see how the black Neanderthals from the Zoo/Nigeria gonna logically explain these discrepancies...?

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu:

Fraud of the highest order from a shameless govt run by soulless beasts. How Nigerian media can publish such blatant falsehood is beyond comprehension? Fulani cabal & Yoruba media it appears are working hand in hand to deceive the public. The same 2016 late Buhari photos and videos in Mecca recycled by an unconscionable media to convince the ever gullible Sniper drinking generation that Jubril is Buhari. Dele Giwa should come and see what journalism has become in Nigeria.

Since when did women and men start praying together in the same part of the mosque at the same time or has Islam changed? Do these people think we are all stupid as they are? Isn't it the job of a journalist to ask questions? Look at the picture of Jubril returning from London a few days ago and tell me if he bears any resemblance to the dead Buhari whose badly photoshopped pictures from 2016 Femi Adesina circulated to Nigerian media houses for publication.

Yoruba media have decided to side with evil because of 2023 Tinubu Yoruba presidential ambition and their pathological hatred for Biafra and irrational fear of the Igbos. They must know the evil that men do live after them. In the past this same appeasement of Fulani by a certain Yoruba man called Afonja cost them Illorin and the Fulani conquest that followed led to the spread of Islam across the whole of Western Nigeria. They should be guided by history.

Today it appears Yoruba media and their political masters are oblivious of this historical fact but they must know as educated people should, that history has a funny way of repeating itself. If Yoruba media continues to sustain this obvious deception by the cabal by peddling the lie that Jubril Al-Sudani is the dead Buhari, then woe shall betide them.

Femi Fani-Kayode:

President Olusegun Obasanjo remains the only politically active southern and Middle Belt leader that understands what is really going on, the grave danger that we are in and what lies ahead. He is deeply courageous and his latest contribution that there is an agenda to Fulanise West Africa and Islamise Africa says it all.

OBJ needs say no more. History and posterity will be kind to him for speaking the bitter truth and saying what almost every other southern and Middle Belt politician and leader knows to be true but is too timid and too scared to say publicly.
With his latest contribution he has vindicated yours truly and many others. I saw this coming in late 2013 and I told the world. Nnamdi Kanu saw it coming in 2014 and he told the world. Asari Dokubo saw it in 2015 and he told the world.

Afenifere, OPC, YOLICOM, PANDEM, MEND, the Middle Belt Forum, the Niger Delta Avengers, IPOB, MASSOB and Ohaeneze saw it in 2017 and they told the world. The Christian Elders Forum, CAN and the Church saw it in 2018 and they told the world.
Sadly the world refused to listen, left us on our own and, instead of rising to the occassion and confronting the evil, Nigerians went on bended knee to the powers that be and acted as if they were not saddled with a major problem that was bound to eventually consumme them all. Now they know better even though most of them are still in denial.

Now they must live with the consequences of their indifference, ignorance, cowardice and stoicism. What a pity.
It is a tragedy of monumental proportions that a nation that is so blessed with extraordinary human and mineral resources should end up going this way.

I hear one or two people like Sule Lamido are not too happy with what OBJ said and have called him out for saying it.
That is sad and unfortunate because Obasanjo has done more for the core north, Lamido's Fulani tribe and Nigerian unity than any other former President or Head of State in our history. He also fought in a civil war to keep the country together.
Why should Sule be upset about OBJ exposing Boko Haram? His comments were directed at Boko Haram and their agenda. Is Sule a closet member of Boko Haram now?

If he wants to continue to defend Boko Haram he should continue.
For anybody from the core north to call OBJ names for speaking the truth and baring his mind over what is unfolding in Nigeria today tells you how blinded by power, insensitive and callous some of these people are.
It is only those that subscribe to the Fulanisation and Islamisation agenda that will criticise or oppose Obasanjo's observation and describe him as "a bigot" for making them.

What OBJ said was timely and necessary and millions are commending him for it. He spoke the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

The former President, who delivered a lecture on the topic, ‘ Mobilizing Human and Natural Resources for Stable Polity and Economy’ , and commissioned the multi-million naira Diocesan Mary- Martha Hospital and DANTINAJO Gold Resort Limited, Oleh, said: “They (Boko Haram and herdsmen attacks) are now combined and internationalized with ISIS in control. “ It is no longer an issue of lack of education and lack of employment for our youths in Nigeria which it began as; it is now, West African organization, African Islamization and global organized crimes of human trafficking, money laundering, drug trafficking, gun trafficking, illegal mining and regime change.

Read more at: https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/05/b-haram-herdsmen-killings-buhari-incapable-of-stopping-killings-obasanjo/

TooMuchStuff:
Buhari has hands in all of these new development.

Fulanis want Nigeria to be their personal property or estate while everyone else are their captives.

The Fulani encirclement of Southern Nigeria is proceeding apace...

INTER-ETHNIC CONFLAGRATION IS HERE: The Fulani Invasion Of Southern Nigeria

By MAZINO OBARO IKIME

A few days ago, while writing about some disturbing cases of insecurity, I mentioned that there had been a rash of burglaries in and around the estate in which I reside.

I also mentioned that as the Secretary to the residents association of my estate, I was involved in a lot more interfacing with the Police than hitherto. We have two Police Stations we relate with, with regards to security related matters. One at Apata and the other in Oluyole, which is where I reside.

Well, the Police have been very cooperative since we last spoke to them. We have patrols coming into and around our estate on a regular basis. I have made it my duty to speak with them anytime I have the opportunity. Befriend them and make them feel appreciated.
Today I encountered one of the patrols, quite early in the day. I also recognized a couple of the cops, so I stopped for a chat. They told me something which troubled me deeply. Four days ago, they had had received a tip off about a group of 15 men residing somewhere in Apata.
They had arrived 6 weeks ago. No visible means of income. They would disappear in batches and return after two or three days. The remaining would basically hang around doing nothing. Money to eat and all the other things associated with existence, did not seem to be a problem.

Anyway, the inhabitants of the community in which they had taken two rooms, were worried enough to report to the Police. What worried them the most though was that they appeared to be Fulani. They definitely did not speak Hausa. Anyway, a raid was carried out yesterday. 12 of the guys were present when the raid was carried out in the early hours of the morning.
There was a cache of arms within. According to the cops, there were at least 5 AK 47's, single and double barreled as well as pump action shot guns!!
The guys are in police custody. They will be charged to court tomorrow. I am really worried as to why the authorities seem so disinterested in putting a stop to all these incidents.
Who is funding, what is the true motive of this seeming Fulani incursion into areas that they are not traditionally from? Practically every report that has the Fulani ethnic nationality attached to it, has violence as an accomplice!
The Federal Government fails to realize that this silence or inactivity just feeds the speculations as to what the motives are.
We have actually arrived at a place where we can almost state that these speculations and proclamations of a Fulani agenda are no longer speculations!
What the government does not realize is that people are gradually but steadily inching towards self help. Self help is a close cousin to vigilantism and it very often dovetails into anarchy!
No single ethnic group has a monopoly for violence. We all bleed blood and die.
The South West seems to be the preferred destination in recent times. I laugh at people who say the Yoruba are cowards. They obviously don't know the history of the Yoruba.

But that is besides the point. Should a responsive government allow its citizens resort to self help? Should one group appear to be be in ascendancy over the others?

Are all these reports lies? Are they not verifiable? Anarchy is coming. This is not doomsday talk. We all see the reports. We all complain in our enclaves. Something sinister us afoot. There is trouble brewing. We keep saying...oh this and that can happen in Nigeria! Why?

Dastardly things have happened, are happening and with this nonchalant approach to the issues, will continue to happen.
Victims will get fed up with being victimized. Reprisals will come and then, counter reprisals. That's how the ethnic conflagration is stoked.

SOCIAL  JUSTICE

One  of  the  cornerstones  of  the  Biafran  Revolution  is  Social  Justice.  We  believe  that  there should  be  equal  opportunity  for  all,  that  appreciation  and  just  reward  should  be  given  for honest  work  and  that  society  should  show  concern  and  special  care  for  the  weak  and  infirm. Our  people  reject  all  forms  of  social  inequalities  and  disabilities  and  all  class  and  sectional privileges.  Biafrans  believe  that  society  should  treat  all  its  members  with  impartiality  and fairness.  Therefore,  the  Biafran  State  must  not  apportion  special  privileges  or  favours  to some  citizens  and  deny  them  to  others.  For  example,  how  can  we  talk  of  Social  Justice  in  a situation  where  a  highlypaid  public  servant  gets  his  salt  free  and  the  poor  housewife  in  the village  pays  five  pounds  for  a  cup? 

The  State  should  not  create  a  situation  favourable  to  the exploitation  of  some  citizens  by  others.  The  State  is  the  Father  of  all,  the  source  of  security, the  reliable  agent  which  helps  all  to  realise  their  legitimate  hopes  and  aspirations.  Without Social  Justice,  harmony  and  stability  within  society  disappear  and  antagonisms  between various  sections  of  the  community  take  their  place.  Our  Revolution  will  uphold  Social  Justice at  all  times.  The  Biafran  State  will  be  the  Fountain  of  Justice.

THE  TASK  OF  A  LEADER

Those  who  aspire  to  lead  must  bear  in  mind  the  fact  that  they  are  servants  and  as  such cannot  ever  be  greater  than  the  People,  their  masters.  Every  leader  in  the  Biafran Revolution  is  the  embodiment  of  the  ideals  of  the  Revolution.  Part  of  his  role  as  a  leader  is to  keep  the  revolutionary  spirit  alive,  to  be  a  friend  of  the  People  and  protector  of  their Revolution.  He  should  have  right  judgement  both  of  people  and  of  situations  and  the  ability to  attract  to  himself  the  right  kind  of  lieutenants  who  can  best  further  the  interests  of  the People  and  of  the  Revolution.  The  leader  must  not  only  say  but  always  demonstrate  that the  power  he  exercises  is  derived  from  the  People.  Therefore,  like  every  other  Biafran public  servant,  he  is  accountable  to  the  People  for  the  use  he  makes  of  their  mandate.  He must  get  out  when  the  People  tell  him  to  get  out.  The  more  power  the  leader  is  given  by the  People,  the  less  is  his  personal  freedom  and  the  greater  his  responsibility  for  the  good of  the  People.  He  should  never  allow  his  high  office  to  separate  him  from  the  People.  He must  be  fanatical  for  their  welfare. A  leader  in  the  Biafran  Revolution  must  at  all  times  stand  for  justice  in  dealing  with  the People.  He  should  be  the  symbol  of  justice  which  is  the  supreme  guarantee  of  good government. 

He  should  be  ready,  if  need  be,  to  lay  down  his  life  in  pursuit  of  this  ideal.  He must  have  physical  and  moral  courage  and  must  be  able  to  inspire  the  people  out  of despondency.   He  should  never  strive  towards  the  perpetuation  of  his  office  or  devise  means  to  cling  to office  beyond  the  clear  mandate  of  the  People.  He  should  resist  the  temptation  to  erect memorials  to  himself  in  his  lifetime,  to  have  his  head  embossed  on  the  coin,  name  streets and  institutions  after  himself,  or  convert  government  into  a  family  business.  A  leader  who serves  his  people  well  will  be  enshrined  in  their  hearts  and  minds.  This  is  all  the  reward  he can  expect  in  his  lifetime.  He  will  be  to  the  People  the  symbol  of  excellence,  the quintessence  of  the  Revolution.  He  will  be  BIAFRAN.

THE  PRINCIPLES  OF  THE  REVOLUTION

I  stand  before  you  tonight  not  to  launch  the  Biafran  Revolution,  because  it  is  already  in existence.  It  came  into  being  two  years  ago  when  we  proclaimed  to  all  the  world  that  we had  finally  extricated  ourselves  from  the  sea  of  mud  that  was,  and  is,  Nigeria.  I  stand before  you  to  proclaim  formally  the  commitment  of  the  Biafran  State  to  the  Principles  of  the Revolution  and  to  enunciate  those  Principles. Some  people  are  frightened  when  they  hear  the  word  Revolution.  They  say:  Revolution? Heaven  help  us!  It  is  too  dangerous.  It  means  mobs  rushing  around  destroying  property, killing  people  and  upsetting  everything. But  these  people  do  not  understand  the  real  meaning  of  revolution.  For  us,  a  revolution  is  a change    a  quick  change,  a  change  for  the  better.  Every  society  is  changing  all  the  time.  It is  changing  for  the  better  or  for  the  worse;  it  is  either  moving  forward  or  moving backwards;  it  cannot  stand  absolutely  still.  A  revolution  is  a  forward  movement.  It  is  a rapid,  forward  movement  which  improves  a  people’s  standard  of  living  and  their  material circumstance  and  purifies  and  raises  their  moral  tone.  It  transforms  for  the  better  those institutions  which  are  still  relevant,  and  discards  those  which  stand  in  the  way  of  progress.

#    The  Biafran  Revolution  believes  in  the  sanctity  of  human  life  and  the  dignity  of  the human  person.  The  Biafran  sees  the  wilful  and  wanton  destruction  of  human  life  not  only  as a  grave  crime  but  as  an  abominable  sin.  In  our  society  every  human  life  is  holy,  every individual  person  counts.  No  Biafran  wants  to  be  taken  for  granted  or  ignored,  neither  does he  ignore  or  take  others  for  granted.  This  explains  why  such  degrading  practices  as  begging for  alms  were  unknown  in  Biafran  society.  Therefore,  all  forms  of  disabilities  and inequalities  which  reduce  the  dignity  of  the  individual  or  destroy  his  sense  of  person  have no  place  in  the  New  Biafran  Social  Order.  The  Biafran  Revolution  upholds  the  dignity  of man.   #    The  Biafran  Revolution  stands  firmly  against  Genocide    against  any  attempt  to  destroy  a people,  its  security,  its  right  to  life,  property  and  progress.  Any  attempt  to  deprive  a community  of  its  identity  is  abhorrent  to  the  Biafran  people.  Having  ourselves  suffered genocide,  we  are  all  the  more  determined  to  take  a  clear  stand  now  and  at  all  times  against this  crime.   

#  The  new  Biafran  Social  Order  places  a  high  premium  on  Patriotism    Love  and  Devotion to  the  Fatherland.  Every  true  Biafran  must  love  Biafra;  must  have  faith  in  Biafra  and  its people,  and  must  strive  for  its  greater  unity.  He  must  find  his  salvation  here  in  Biafra.  He must  be  prepared  to  work  for  Biafra,  to  stand  up  for  Biafra  and,  if  necessary,  to  die  for Biafra.  He  must  be  prepared  to  defend  the  sovereignty  of  Biafra  wherever  and  by whomsoever  it  is  challenged.  Biafran  patriots  do  all  this  already,  and  Biafra  expects  all  her sons  and  daughters  of  today  and  tomorrow,  to  emulate  their  noble  example.  Diplomats  who treat  insults  to  the  Fatherland  and  the  Leadership  of  our  struggle  with  levity  are  not patriotic.  That  young  man  who  sneaks  about  the  village,  avoiding  service  in  his  country’s Armed  Forces  is  unpatriotic;  that  young,  ablebodied  school  teacher  who  prefers  to distribute  relief  when  he  should  be  fighting  his  country’s  war,  is  not  only  unpatriotic  but  is doing  a  woman’s  work.  Those  who  help  these  loafers  to  dodge  their  civic  duties  should henceforth  reexamine  themselves.

#  All  Biafrans  are  brothers  and  sisters  bound  together  by  ties  of  geography,  trade,  inter marriage  and  culture  and  their  common  misfortune  in  Nigeria  and  their  present  experience of  the  armed  struggle.  Biafrans  are  even  more  united  by  the  desire  to  create  a  new  and better  order  of  society  which  will  satisfy  their  needs  and  aspirations.  Therefore,  there  is  no justification  for  anyone  to  introduce  into  the  Biafran  Fatherland  divisions  based  on  ethnic origin,  sex  or  religion.  To  do  so  would  be  unpatriotic.

#  Every  true  Biafran  must  know  and  demand  his  civic  rights.  Furthermore,  he  must recognize  the  rights  of  other  Biafrans  and  be  prepared  to  defend  them  when  necessary.  So often  people  complain  that  they  have  been  illtreated  by  the  Police  or  some  other  public servant.  But  the  truth  very  often  is  that  we  allow  ourselves  to  be  bullied  because  we  are  not man  enough  to  demand  and  stand  up  for  our  rights,  and  that  fellow  citizens  around  do  not assist  us  when  we  demand  our  rights.   

#  In  the  New  Biafran  Social  Order  sovereignty  and  power  belong  to  the  People.  Those  who exercise  power  do  so  on  behalf  of  the  people.  Those  who  govern  must  not  tyrannize  over the  people.  They  carry  a  sacred  trust  of  the  people  and  must  use  their  authority  strictly  in accordance  with  the  will  of  the  people.  The  true  test  of  success  in  public  life  is  that  the People    who  are  the  real  masters    are  contented  and  happy.  The  rulers  must  satisfy  the People  at  all  times.   But  it  is  no  use  saying  that  power  belongs  to  the  People  unless  we  are  prepared  to  make  it work  in  practice.  Even  in  the  old  political  days,  the  oppressors  of  the  People  were  among those  who  shouted  loudest  that  power  belonged  to  the  People.  The  Biafran  Revolution  will constantly  and  honestly  seek  methods  of  making  this  concept  a  fact  rather  than  a  pious fiction.

#  Arising  out  of  the  Biafran’s  belief  that  power  belongs  to  the  People  is  the  principle  of public  accountability.  Those  who  exercise  power  are  accountable  to  the  people  for  the  way they  use  that  power.  The  People  retain  the  right  to  renew  or  terminate  their  mandate. Every  individual  servant  of  the  People,  whether  in  the  Legislature,  the  Civil  Service,  the Judiciary,  the  Police,  the  Armed  Forces,  in  business  or  in  any  other  walks  of  life,  is accountable  at  all  times  for  his  work  or  the  work  of  those  under  his  charge.  Where, therefore,  a  ministry  of  department  runs  inefficiently  or  improperly,  its  head  must  accept personal  responsibility  for  such  a  situation  and,  depending  on  the  gravity  of  the  failure, must  resign  or  be  removed.  And  where  he  is  proved  to  have  misused  his  position  or  trust  to enrich  himself,  the  principle  of  public  accountability  requires  that  he  be  punished  severely and  his  illgotten  gains  taken  from  him.

SHAKING  OFF  NIGERIANISM   

Fellow  countrymen,  we  pride  ourselves  on  our  honesty.  Let  us  admit  to  ourselves  that  when we  left  Nigeria,  some  of  us  did  not  shake  off  every  particle  of  Nigerianism.  We  say  that Nigerians  are  corrupt  and  take  bribes,  but  here  in  our  country  we  have  among  us  some members  of  the  Police  and  the  Judiciary  who  are  corrupt  and  who  “eat”  bribe.  We  accuse Nigerians  of  inordinate  love  of  money,  ostentatious  living  and  irresponsibility,  but  here, even  while  we  are  engaged  in  a  war  of  national  survival,  even  while  the  very  life  of  our nation  hangs  in  the  balance,  we  see  some  public  servants  who  throw  huge  parties  to entertain  their  friends;  who  kill  cows  to  christen  their  babies.  We  have  members  of  the Armed  Forces  who  carry  on  “attack”  trade  instead  of  fighting  the  enemy. 

We  have  traders who  hoard  essential  goods  and  inflate  prices  thereby  increasing  the  people’s  hardship.  We have  “moneymongers”  who  aspire  to  build  hundreds  of  plots  on  land  as  yet  unreclaimed from  the  enemy;  who  plan  to  buy  scores  of  lorries  and  buses  and  to  become  agents  for those  very  foreign  businessmen  who  have  brought  their  country  to  grief.  We  have  some civil  servants  who  think  of  themselves  as  masters  rather  than  servants  of  the  people.  We see  doctors  who  stay  idle  in  their  villages  while  their  countrymen  and  women  suffer  and die.  When  we  see  all  these  things,  they  remind  us  that  not  every  Biafran  has  yet  absorbed the  spirit  of  the  Revolution. 

They  tell  us  tht  we  still  have  among  us  a  member  of  people whose  attitudes  and  outlooks  are  Nigerian.  It  is  clear  that  if  our  Revolution  is  to  succeed, we  must  reclaim  these  wayward  Biafrans.  We  must  Biafranize  them.  We  must  prepare  all our  people  for  the  glorious  roles  which  await  them  in  the  Revolution.  If  after  we  shall  have tried  to  reclaim  them  and  have  failed  then  they  must  be  swept  aside.  The  people’s revolution  must  stride  ahead  and  like  a  battering  ram,  clearing  all  obstacles  in  its  path. Fortunately,  a  vast  majority  of  Biafrans  are  prepared  for  these  roles. When  we  think  of  our  Revolution,  therefore,  we  think  about  these  things. 

We  think  about our  ancient  heritage,  we  think  about  the  challenge  of  today  and  the  promise  of  the  future. We  think  about  the  changes  which  are  taking  place  at  this  very  moment  in  our  personal lives  and  in  our  society.  We  see  Biafrans  from  different  partsof  the  country  living  together, working  together,  suffering  together  and  pursuing  together  a  common  cause.  We  see  our doctors,  scientists,  engineers  and  technologists  responding  to  the  demands  of  the Revolution  with  brilliant  inventions  and  innovations.  We  see  our  Armed  Forces  with  there severely  limited  resources  holding  back  an  aggressor  who  is  massively  equipped  by  the neoimperialist  enemies  of  African  freedom. 

We  see  men  of  learning  and  mass  information spreading  with  patriotic  zeal  the  true  story  and  significance  of  the  Biafran  struggle.  We  see our  farmers  determined  to  win  the  war  against  starvation  imposed  on  us  by  the  enemy.  We see  our  ordinary  men  and  women    the  people    pursuing,  in  their  different  but  essential ways,  the  great  task  of  our  national  survival.  We  see  every  sign  that  this  struggle  is purifying  and  elevating  the  masses  of  our  people.  Every  day  of  the  struggle  bears  witness to  actions  by  our  countrymen  and  women  which  reveal  high  ideals  of  patriotic  courage, service  and  sacrifice;  actions  which  show  the  will  and  determination  of  our  people  to  remain free  and  independent  but  also  to  create  a  new  and  better  order  of  society  for  the  benefit  of all. In  the  last  five  or  six  months,  I  have  devised  one  additional  way  of  learning  at  first  had  how the  ordinary  men  and  women  of  our  country  see  the  Revolution. 

I  have  established  a practice  of  meeting  every  Wednesday  with  a  different  crosssection  of  our  people  to  discuss the  problems  of  the  Revolution.  These  meetings  have  brought  home  to  me  the  great  desire for  change  among  the  generality  of  our  people.  I  have  heard  a  number  of  criticisms  and complaints  by  people  against  certain  things;  I  have  also  noticed  groups  forming  themselves and  trying  to  put  right  some  of  the  ills  of  society.  All  this  indicates  both  that  there  is  a change  in  progress  and  need  for  more  change.  Thus,  the  Biafran  Revolution  is  not  dreamt up  by  an  elite;  it  is  the  will  of  the  People.  The  People  want  it.  They  are  fighting  and  dying  to defend  it.  Their  immediate  concern  is  to  defeat  the  Nigerian  aggressor  and  so  safeguard  the Biafran  Revolution.

To be continued...

THE  PEOPLE

Fellow  countrymen,  are  we  going  to  say  no  to  Nigerianism  and  then  let  a  few  unpatriotic people  among  us  soil  our  Revolution  with  the  stain  of  Nigeria?  Are  we  going  to  watch  the very  disease  which  caused  the  demise  of  Nigeria  take  root  in  our  new  Biafra?  Are  we prepared  to  embark  on  another  revolution  perhaps  more  bloody  to  put  right  the  inevitable disaster?  I  ask  you,  my  countrymen,  can  we  afford  another  spell  of  strife  when  this  one  is over  to  correct  social  inequalities  in  our  Fatherland?  I  say  NO.  A  thousand  times  no.  The ordinary  Biafran  says  no.  When  I  speak  of  the  ordinary  Biafran  I  speak  of  the  People. 

The Biafran  Revolution  is  the  People’s  Revolution.  Who  are  the  People?  you  ask.  The  farmer,  the trader,  the  clerk,  the  business  man,  the  housewife,  the  student,  the  civil  servant,  the soldier,  you  and  I  are  the  people.  Is  there  anyone  here  who  is  not  of  the  people?  Is  there anyone  here  afraid  of  the  People    anyone  suspicious  of  the  People?  Is  there  anyone despising  the  People?  Such  a  man  has  no  place  in  our  Revolution.  If  he  is  a  leader,  he  has no  right  to  leadership  because  all  power,  all  sovereignty,  belongs  to  the  People.  In  Biafra the  People  are  supreme;  the  People  are  master;  the  leader  is  servant.  You  see,  you  make  a mistake  when  you  greet  me  with  shouts  of  “Power,  Power”. 

I  am  not  power    you  are.  My name  is  Emeka.  I  am  your  servant,  that  is  all.

RE-DISCOVERING  INDEPENDENCE

From  the  moment  we  assumed  the  illustrious  name  of  the  ancient  kingdom  of  Biafra,  we were  rediscovering  the  original  independence  of  a  great  African  people.  We  accepted  by this  revolutionary  act  the  glory,  as  well  as  the  sacrifice  of  true  independence  and  freedom. We  knew  that  we  had  challenged  the  many  forces  and  interests  which  had  conspired  to keep  Africa  and  the  Black  Race  in  subjection  forever. 

We  knew  they  were  going  to  be ruthless  and  implacable  in  defence  of  their  ageold  imposition  on  us  and  exploitation  of  our people.  But  we  were  prepared  and  remain  prepared  to  pay  any  price  for  our  freedom  and dignity. And  in  this  we  were  not  mistaken.  Five  weeks  after  we  had  proclaimed  our  independence Nigeria,  goaded  by  her  foreign  masters,  declared  war  on  us. For  two  years  now  we  have  fought  a  difficult  war  in  defence  of  our  Fatherland.  From  the beginning  we  have  never  been  in  doubt  about  our  ultimate  victory.  But,  seeing  the  odds ranged  against  us,  the  world  did  not  believe  that  we  had  any  chance  of  success  whatever the  merit  of  our  case.  Perhaps  our  determination  and  persistence  are  making  the  world think  again.  Biafra  today  is  no  longer  a  lost  cause. 

For  us,  Biafra’s  eventual  triumph  has never  been  in  doubt:  Biafra  has  always  been  the  shining  light  at  the  end  of  our  dark  tunnel. In  the  two  years  of  our  grim  struggle,  we  have  learned  important  lessons  about  ourselves, about  our  society  and  about  the  world.  In  some  ways  this  struggle  has  been  a  journey  in selfdiscovery  and  selfrealisation. Our  Revolution  is  a  historic  opportunity  given  to  us  to  establish  a  just  society;  to  revive  the dignity  of  our  people  at  home  and  the  dignity  of  the  Blackman  in  the  world.  We  realise  that in  order  to  achieve  those  ends  we  must  remove  those  weaknesses  in  our  institutions  and organisations  and  those  disabilities  in  foreign  relations  which  have  tended  to  degrade  this dignity.  This  means  that  we  must  reject  Nigerianism  in  all  its  guises.

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