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ooduapathfinder:
In response to your quest to contest Nigeria’s Presidency in 2023, the Yoruba Referendum Committee is, by this Letter, asking all of you to take a categorical stand on the Yoruba Referendum as the solution to the National Question in Nigeria.
There is no contradiction between your quest and the Yoruba Referendum; they are not mutually exclusive; indeed, your quest will have meaning only within the context of the Yoruba Referendum, otherwise, it becomes seeking power for its own sake.

Our reasons are as follows:

(1) The fundamental issue confronting the Peoples of Africa is the resolution of the National Question on a continental level as well as within each country. This truth is borne by the reality on the Continent where Rwanda is often cited as the exemplar of African renaissance based on her human and material development.

(2) What is not debatable about Rwanda is that whatever it has become today, or in the process of becoming, cannot be divorced from the extremely violent resolution of her National Question, otherwise known as the “Rwanda Genocide”, a repetition of which we believe no one would wish on any of the Peoples of Africa.

(3) Furthermore, Rwanda is entrenched on a dictatorship centered around the person of the President such that economic transformation as a necessity, by itself, has been substituted for the person and power of the President, occasioned by the suppression of dissent such that continuity of such transformation is dependent on Presidential Benevolence and which may not necessarily continue once the present benefactor is off the scene, one way or the other, as has happened in other African countries flaunting their development credentials wrapped around the benevolence of the leader exemplified by Kwame Nkrumah, Sekou Toure, Julius Nyerere, Thomas Sankara et al.

(4) The only exception is Obafemi Awolowo of the Western Region of Nigeria, where, despite his travails and the twists and turns of our existential reality, the social, cultural, political, and economic philosophy embedded within the People and pursued within the short time frame of our Regional existence, ensured its continuity, even after his demise, where political relevance is generally measured in terms of fidelity to, derives from, and is driven by the historical and categorical necessity his government and leadership ensured.

(5) What is playing out in Nigeria is the resolution of the National Question within the context of a contest between the forces of Unitarism, anchored by the North, politically as the NPC and the East, politically as the NCNC, both of which represented the Unitarist realities of their societies; already being practiced in the North; but an expectation in the East, fueled by the projection of her political leadership aimed at neutralizing the West, through subversion of Western political leadership since the dawn of anti-colonial agitations. This became the basis for their political alliance in their quest to dominate and control the Nigerian geo-political space until the breakdown in their military relations.

(6) Unlike the Western Region, the bastion of Federalism, taking her cue from her historical trajectory, anchored on a Federalist relationship between the various Kingdoms, which prevented the emergence of an overall kingdom for the entire land; and despite the attempt to neutralize, under the valid reason of waging a war against foreign occupation, resulting in the famous Kiriji War, pitting Yoruba Unitarist forces against the Federalists; an inconclusive war because of colonial intervention, despite which the tendency towards Federalism remained fundamental within the Yoruba political psyche.

(7) The Nigerian State was, and still is, the result of this contest between Unitarism and Federalism, with the 1960 Independence Act only an interregnum: the battle resuming immediately afterwards, where the North and the East, through their alliance, formalized Unitarism with the 1963 Constitution, resulting in its entrenchment as the defining characteristic of the Nigerian State politically, economically, and internationally.

( Politically, manifesting in various ways, among which are: (i) the manipulation of the 1962 Census, riding on the shoulder of the 1952 Census which had already given the North a Parliamentary majority and which the alliance later used against the Western Region, culminating in the 1965 Western Regional crisis and later the January 15, 1966 Military coup which temporarily ended the alliance and subsequent coups thereafter, further cementing Unitarism, this time with the North in almost absolute control (ii) despite this, the East yielded to the North, and remain committed to the alliance, always willing and ready to throw its weight behind the North against the West; (iii) Centralization of power through the atomization of the Peoples into different states dependent on the Center;(iv) the calibration of electoral votes in favor of the North, thereby enabling them to call the shots at any election;(v) centralized control over Party Affairs (vi) determination of party priorities outside the purview of their social and cultural environments (vii) denunciation of the Nationalities, reducing them to “tribes”, just as the colonial power did; (viii) attempting the “detribalization” of the Nationalities which can only end up in a “Rwanda” and (ix) Legitimization of all these(and more) by the current Constitution, reaffirming the Unitarist nature of the Nigerian Post-Colonial State.

(9) Economically, presenting itself, in Yorubaland, among others, through (i) the neutralization of the foundational economic philosophy which defined Yorubaland between 1951 and 1959, established on the foundations of a political economy of social development, with development banking an integral part, exemplified by the Yoruba version of the “too big to fail” economic necessity via the “buy out” of the Agbonmagbe Bank, preceding the famous US experience under President Obama by 50 years. (ii) massive central investment in commercial agriculture and irrigation, controlled especially by Military Officers thereby making the rest of the country dependent on the North (iii) the gradual neutralization of a development paradigm through the negation of human capacity development experienced through the de-education of the people and the subsequent integration of the country’s economy into the vortex of underdevelopment as dictated by the IMF, which eventually culminated in the enforcement of the Structural Adjustment Program, thereby de-industrializing Yorubaland (as well as the entire country).

(10) Internationally, especially within the West African sub-region, and mainly in favor of the North (i) the trans-humance protocol allowing cross-border movement of pastoral Fulani without inhibition; (ii) the gradual entrenchment of Ethno-National Fulani control of several countries in West Africa as can be seen in the Gambia, Senegal, Guinea Bissau Sierra Leone, Mali, Niger;(iii) the anti-Terrorism war in the Sahel, incorporating some of these countries and Nigeria.

(11) Despite all these, efforts of the Lagos state government under Governor Tinubu to engage the Central government, on various issues pertaining to the Federalist cause whilst also trying to address economic underdevelopment, especially through the deployment of “technocrats” as the antidote to underdevelopment, disregarded Nigeria’s experience with technocrats from the IMF, World Bank, and other international agencies, not making a dent on Nigeria’s underdevelopment. Such efforts eventually failed to advance beyond his tenure, when successive central Governments embarked on policies reinforcing the Unitarist forces in Nigeria.

(12) The infrastructural development touted by the current administration is anchored on a negation of human capital development, resulting in the superimposition of a colonial economic paradigm characterized by provision of access to raw materials for export and which has now been extended to exportation of human materials evidenced by continuous migrations out of the country.

(13) Yet, the Western Region cured this deficiency, by the introduction of a political economy anchored on an all-round education policy as the precondition for human capital development, and by extension, the overall development of the society and which eventually enabled the growth of aspirations and expectations that was experienced, providing the basis for the hope binding the Yoruba People today.

(14) The current administration’s much-touted infrastructural development lacks this essential component, to wit: human capacity development, more so when technological, scientific, and social education production are severely lacking, and with public and private education at all levels in shambles, with no roadmap for resuscitation, resulting in a steady decline of human capital, engendering a heavy reliance on foreign human capital as the operators of the economy.

(15) All of which begs the question as to what is to be done. The Yoruba Referendum Committee posits that the answer is in resolving the National Question in such a manner that will avoid the Rwanda Experience as well as the on-going war in Ethiopia between Unitarist and Federalist forces and provide a beacon for the rest of Africa.

(16) This starts from the recognition of the Peoples/Nations in themselves, and for themselves, restoring their ability to define their aspirations and expectations, and which is possible only if they are recognized as the Federating Units in a Federal System replacing the current Unitarist experience.

(17) Efforts of the Lagos State government earlier alluded to, testifies to this. It took less than eight years for succeeding central governments to create roadblocks against the successes achieved. This shows that whatever was achieved could be neutralized in short order unless the Unitarist forces are decisively and permanently defeated.

(18) It is recognized that such an expectation, by itself, will not lead to a manifestation, unless it is taken from the realm of “reasoning” and brought into the arena of practical politics.

(19) Hence the resolution proposed by the Yoruba Referendum Committee is as follows: (i) Referendums by the various Nationalities as Federating Units. (ii) For the Yoruba, this will be the Yoruba Referendum to be conducted by the Houses of Assembly in Yorubaland, aimed at recreating Nigeria as a Multi-National State, defined as a “ Federal Nigeria, through a valid Federal Constitution, to be known as The Union of Nigerian Constituent Nationalities, with a Federal Presidential Council, whose members will be selected or elected from each of the Nationalities as Federating Units and from whom a Head of State will be selected or elected as the primus-inter-pares with an agreed term.”

(20) A Bill on the Yoruba Referendum, to be passed into Law and pave the way for conducting the Referendum has been submitted, twice, to the Governors and Speakers of the Lagos, Ogun, Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti State Houses of Assembly.

We humbly ask that you all, individually or collectively, take a Categorical Stand on this Yoruba Categorical Imperative.

Editorial Board, Yoruba Referendum Committee

Amen!

Penguin2:
This is the disaster that Tinubu helped foist on Nigeria because of his inordinate ambition.

Except God is no longer God, if not Tinubu shall be paid back in his coin in 2023.

Fool and his urchins.

Absolutely right!

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Raco3: http://saharareporters.com/2020/06/01/northern-nigeria-petroleum-company-bayo-oluwasanmi

Having removed Jonathan, what was the end goal of winning political power? It can't be just booting him Jonathan out of office

HacheNoire:
The greatest achievement of Tinubu!

Booting GEJ out power is one thing Nigerians will forever be grateful for. And putting Atiku in the dungeon of political history, was a bonus.


Tinubu in actual sense should be god.

Having removed Jonathan, what was the end goal of winning political power?

HacheNoire:
The greatest achievement of Tinubu!

Booting GEJ out power is one thing Nigerians will forever be grateful for. And putting Atiku in the dungeon of political history, was a bonus.


Tinubu in actual sense should be god.

I have wondered also!

Rugaria:
It cost over one million naira to transport a 40ft container from Lagos to Onitsha at the height of the Lagos port crises! During Jonathan's regime, it was plus-minus 200k!
Since the end of the war, through vindictive politics, importers in the east have to import through Lagos, then truck by land the containers to the eastern hinterlands! Just as we have to come to Lagos to fly out of the country, which has lead to many deaths by accidents...What this means is that in most cases, imported goods are costlier in the east than say Lagos and it environs. It also means endless accidents and deaths on the Lagos-Benin-Onitsha road... , One of the busiest roads in the country! So how did the brood of vipers running this country manage to prioritize cheaper transportation for Niger republic citizens as more important to that of the most commercially active section of the country and still have the effontery to defend that with a straight face? Why exactly is this government dragging her feat on building rail tracks in the east?

Why go to war? Why does the black race always seek the violent way out? The white race always use peaceful political process to settle their problem.

Tap0lane:
I want to believe your father is not a dullard. When Eritrea got tired of Ethiopia it went to war for it freedom, so did South Sudan, Kosovo, East Timor etc they do not wait to be granted independence they fought for it n not keep wailing like a foolish tribe that they should be pushed out into independence

True talk!

36xtr09r:
"If-I'm-not-sure-I'll-make-it-alone-then-let-us-all-stick-together-and-see-if-we-could-make-it-together-in-a-jealous-tribalistic-wicked-painful-way." 
- Deadlytrash

Why won't you ab0ki ass-lickers be grandstanding carelessly and senselessly on NL when in 1967-70 the Uneme-Nekhua people and their Southern cotravellers gladly colluded with their Northern masters to gleefully commit genocide on supposed Anioma brothers?

Whether you like it or not, your senseless repetitions and rantings on NL cannot prevent you and your inconsequential Uneme-Nekhua people from spending the rest of your miserable lives with your Fulani masters.

Till date this diabolic scammer and treacherous Unemes backstabber, has consistently and cowardly shied away from daring to mention the contributions of his inconsequential Uneme-Nekhua elites to the upliftment of this country.

It's rather pathetic that this land-grabbing and people-claiming bigot and his criminal Uneme-Nekhua people are so deluded as to dare challenge and critique the 1999 constitution, that began with "We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria...",
This deluded ab0ki ass-licker want other people to believe with him that the generality of Nigerians, including the Christian community, assembled to produce the fraudulent 1999 constitution replete with 73 mentions of Sharia, Islam - 28, Muslim - 10 and no single mention of anything Christ, Christian or church.
In all his studies he couldn't lay his hands on the Nigerian constuition to understand that the country he calls his own is an Islamic State.


https://www.nairaland.com/233153/north-would-have-regretted-nigerias-break-up-in-1966-Umaru-Dikko
"when Gowon took over government there was a constitutional conference, people from the Northern, Eastern and Western regions came together to say which way Nigeria should go. Because, at that time, the country was in turbulence and anything could have happened.
"So, we went, some people were saying Nigeria should break up. All the regions supported the idea (of Nigeria breakup), except Midwest (now Edo and Delta states), which said no, the federation should remain and continue. We went as Northern delegation, led by Sir. Kashim Ibrahim, Governor under the Sardauna to Lagos to discuss the matter."
- Alhaji Umaru Dikko,
SECOND Republic Minister of Transport and Special Duties

The Uneme-Nekhua people should grow a ball and challenge the marauding herdsmen who maim and kill their kinsmen for fun for decades.

Let this message sink deep into your medulla oblongata: "Igbos are not interested in parasites, traitors or genocide conspirators. Igbos cannot afford to share a country with verm1ns and vagabonds parading as Uneme-Nekhua people on NL. The Igbo Nation are not willing to self-destruct with the deluded Uneme-Nekhua people".

Deadlytrash, your wicked propaganda and foolish ranting on NL cannot stop the raging IPOB tsunamic movement as your eternal portion remains with your Fulani masters.

It has been a curse having your likes in the same country and this curse is broken already and the serpent head is severely bruised and that's why you've been on rampage for some months now attempting in vain to resurrect a walking corpse.

Take your miseries to OduaArewanistan republic where bunch of hypocrites and confused bigots are found. Igbos are comfortable having a separate existence from Uneme-Nekhua greedy, treasury looters cum murderous backst*bbers.


https://www.nairaland.com/3143222/biafra-memo-oba-akenzua-frustrated-implementation-of-aburi-accord-january-1967
http://www.punchng.com/biafra-memo-akenzua-aburi/

Prince Akenzua (now the late Oba of Benin) along with top permanent secretaries including Alhaji Yusuf Gobir, Phillip Asiodu, Eme Ebong, B.N. Okagbue and Allison Ayida deconstructed in Lagos, all that was agreed in Aburi.

On arrival in Lagos, Prince Akenzua discussed with Gowon and raised objections to what was agreed in Aburi. Gowon asked him to raise a memo which he did. I am sure a copy of the memo is with Gowon today while a copy is in the archives in the Presidency. Civil servants are to be seen and not to be heard and that is why Akenzua never released a copy of the memo to the world.

The memo dated January 8, 1967 began with: “Your Excellency, in view of my discussion with you last night, I am raising this memo in the interest our fatherland, Nigeria”. Akenzua traced the long hard road that Nigeria had travelled and stressed on the need to keep a United Nigeria.

He (Akenzua) said in the memo that Gowon had given too much away in Aburi and that it would lead to the destruction of the country. He further added that Gowon had “legalised” total regionalism which “will make the centre very weak.” Akenzua alluded in his memo that a weak centre would lead to confederation and total disintegration of the country. It was the memo that prompted Gowon to summon a meeting of the secretaries to the military governments and other officials which was held in Benin City between February 16 and 18, 1967. If you look at the minutes of the Benin meeting presided over by Mr. H. A. Ejueyitchie, Secretary to the Federal Military Government, you will discover that it was a total rejection of what was agreed upon in Aburi. The Benin meeting interpreted in its own way the agreement reached in Aburi.


The decisions at Aburi amounted to, in terms of political and military control of Nigeria, that the country should be governed as a confederation.


N.B:
The Omo N’oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo Erediauwa (CFR), the 38th Oba of Benin, who was born on June 22, 1923 and ascended the throne on March 23, 1979.

The Oba of Benin is the traditional ruler of the Edo people and head of the historic Eweka dynasty of the Benin Empire.

Before becoming an Oba, as Prince Samuel Aiseokhuoba Igbinoghodua Akenzua, he was an outstanding civil servant. He, in fact, rose to become the Federal Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Health before he retired in 1973.

Along with others, he attended the Aburi meeting held at the Peduase Lodge where the conflict of Nigeria was discussed between January 4 and January 5, 1967. Aburi is a town in Ghana and a 45-minute drive from Accra, the capital of Ghana.

Those who attended the meeting were Lt. Col. Yakubu Gowon, Col. Robert Adebayo, Lt. Col. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Lt. Col. David Ejoor, Lt. Col. David Hassan Katsina, Commodore J.E.A. Wey, Major Mobolaji Johnson, Alhaji Kam Selem and Mr. J. Omo-Bare. Others were Prince S.I.A. Akenzua (Permanent Under-Secretary, Federal Cabinet Office.), Mr. P.T. Odumosu (Secretary to the Military Government, West.), Mr. N.U. Akpan (Secretary to the Military Government, East.), Mr. D.P. Lawani (Under-Secretary, Military Governor’s Office, Mid-West) and Alhaji Ali Akilu (Secretary to the Military Government, North.) The Chairman of the Ghana National Liberation Council, Lt. Gen. J.A. Ankrah, declared the meeting open in his capacity as then the head of state of Ghana.


https://www.nairaland.com/2854914/why-fought-side-ojukwu-biafra-fola-oyewole

Retired Lt. Fola Oyewole, 77, a Nigerian Military Officer of the Yoruba stock, fought on the side of Biafra during the ncivil war. Before then, he was, because of the first coup 50 years ago, imprisoned in Lagos and in the Enugu but was released by Lt Col Ojukwu.

He wrote his own war account too, entitled “The Reluctant Rebel”, which joined other civil war narratives like ‘The Biafra Story’ (1969) by Frederick Forsyth, ‘Why We Struck’ (1981) by Adewale Ademoyega, ‘Sunset In Biafra’ (1975) by Elechi Amadi, ‘The Nigerian Revolution And the Biafran War’ (1980) by Alexander Madiebo among others.

In this interview with Ademola Adegbamigbe and Femi Anjorin (Idowu Ogunleye snapped the photos), the retired army officer narrated what happened during the first coup, his participation in it and why he, despite being Yoruba, fought on the side of Biafra like other non Igbo officers like Lt Col. Victor Banjo, Major Wale Ademoyega and others.

Q: In what area did you take part in that coup?

A: Arrest, seize facility and others…


Q: You were at a point, according to your book, with Captain Adeleke, another Yoruba soldier, who was he?

A: He was a colleague. He is the one who said he wanted to consult the family and we were friends, we both worked in Apapa before the crisis.

Q: I want you to describe what happened to other Yoruba people or non Igbo who fought on the Biafran side – Lt Col. Victor Banjo, Major Wale Ademoyega, then Major Kaduna Nzeogwu an Igbo from Opanam in Delta?

A: They were detained like myself, and Nzeogwu was detained, that was a common factor.


Q: In the book, you applaud Ojukwu’s performance in Aburi, explain to us what actually happened because there is this argument that he bamboozled Gowon

A: If you listen to the Aburi accord or the proceedings as a whole, you will duff your cap for Ojukwu whether he is a villain or whatever you want to call him, call him. He really dictated the pace of the discussion, he was prepared for it, he kind of put together all the things and if you listen, the moment he started talking, others kept quiet and when he finished, they will say ok ok ok. To give you a full grasp of what the theme was, you need to read the comment of the super perm sec (Akenzua) who led us to (the mess) where we are today.

Q: Was it Philip Asiodu?

A: The group – Asiodu, and the rest. Their recommendations, what they brought back from Aburi was agreed to be implemented but when they came here they tore it into pieces.

Q: Ok, was after the agreement was signed in Aburi? They came back to Nigeria….

A: To put it in whatsoever you can say political implementation. They desired to analyse it, it was an agreement not suggestion, that’s where our problem sort of started.

If you listen to the Aburi accord or the proceedings as a whole, you will duff your cap for Ojukwu whether he is a villain or whatever you want to call him, call him. He really dictated the pace of the discussion, he was prepared for it, he kind of put together all the things and if you listen, the moment he started talking, others kept quiet and when he finished, they will say ok ok ok. To give you a full grasp of what the theme was, you need to read the comment of the super perm sec (Akenzua) who led us to (the mess) where we are today.

Please how and when did ZIK eliminate the regions?

ba7man:
Most major step the so called ingenious tribe has taken resulted in near destruction of the nation and hardship that has transcended generations.

(1) Azikiwe abolished regions and eliminated the secession clause from our constitution.

(2) Ironsi introduced coup into the mindset of the millitary which set the nation back for decades.

(3) Ojukwu dragged the nation into a civil war.

(4) Importation which they excel in is actually the biggest killer of manufacturing and the economy in Nigeria, thus weakening our currency.

If say na better tins dem dey import, e for better. Fakest and lowest quality of everything down to fake pharmaceutical drugs for sick and dying people (Collect their money, even if it means killing the sick)........ well, at least they deal in the best quality hard drugs.

Why are you insultive and abusive in a issue-driven discourse?

The content in the link you posted only highlights Zik rationale for opposing secession. It does not say Zik made the final decesion on the inclusion of secession in the independent constitution

mybiz234:
Flaathead, read the content in the link I sent to you and stop conducting yourself as an idiot.

Thae problem with fools like you is that you don't read. Yet, you will be arguing in complete blindness

Bello and Awolowo supported the inclusiin of secession clause in the independent constitution but Zik was against it. The British colonist rejected Awo's idea.

ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER THAN WORDS!
So why didn't Awolowo insist on the separate independence for Western Region rather than staying in Nigeria with no option of seceding if post-independent Nigeria became suffocating for Yoruba?

Second, what specific force did Zik and his Igbo tribe deploy to make according to you" everyone to be together by force"

Third, which year and month was that force applied?

mybiz234:
The Igbo tribe can't lay claim to ingenuity.

If you are ingenious, your Azikiwe would have been able to see Nigeria's future and wouldn't oppose Awolowo about Nigeria's unity.

Awolowo, the real ingenious man, wanted a more flexible Nigeria that would give all constituents freedom of choice.

However, Azikiwe, the myopic one, opposed Awolowo and the British backed him up.

Ironically, the first tribe to want out of this rigid union is the same igbo tribe that wanted everyone to be together by force.

It is what you guys sowed that you are reaping.

There is no iota of truth in his comment. You are even worse than the author for defending falsehood and fabrication. Let me ask you:

When and how did Zik abolish the regions?

Golan007:
Because he told the truth?

TRASH UNLIMITED!

Aderewah:
Straight to the point.

Immediately ceass attacking other tribes and their politicians, especially Tinubu and yorubas. Then support whoever APC adopts as candidate. That person will be yoruba. Vote massively for the person and negotiate for speaker or deputy senate president.

After the 8 years of this transformational yoruba presidency, igbos will be supported by yorubas as VP to a sensible northerner.

After 8 years of that administration, an Igbo president will be repaid by yorubas in 2023. Long game. Patience. Emotional control.

If you refuse to do this, you won't have a say in Nigeria in the next 40 years. After the hausa administration in 2039, a calabar or an edo man or even Benue will be considered.

End.

ABSOLUTELY TRUE!

maestroferddi:
And Abacha outsmarted him sotey....


A smarter man would have turned the tables against all the shenanigans Abacha and Babangida were doing ..

ABOLUTELY RIGHT!

A smarter man would have turned the tables against all the shenanigans Abacha and Babangida were doing ..[/quote]

How can he be a victim? Was he forced to accept a post which was meant to for his kinsman?

Navalsadiq:
Allow him REST IN PEACE.who told you he knew he was used.he was only a victim of the military plot

INTERESTING!

haladadon:
I am richer than osun state, tinubu says


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pJ8k86Or1s

Totally agree with you.

tomakint:
My 21 Observations and Suggestions

Introduction
This piece is meant to be meditatively studied and not to just glance through. It is not mere effusions from a confused mind, but that of a sound and discerning mind. It is the absolute truth about our great country, Nigeria. Initially, we as a division have our respective peculiar problems. Eventually, we became a unit as a result of the unfortunate, ill-planned, directionless amalgamation of 1914. Yet, our problem remains! There is no shame in towing the path of bravery by going our separate ways before things get out of hand (of course, the ominous clouds have started gathering foretelling what will unfold soon). The North have their peculiar orientations totally different from the South’s orientations, all we need do is to respect one another and come to a point of realization that when we part ways it will be a sign of mutual understanding for our different ideologies. Those who express fears that parting ways may throw each divided parts into more chaotic situations are not good students of history. Many countries have towed this path of destiny and just with a little perseverance are the better for it today – Nigeria will not be an exception!
We don’t have to wait and fold our hands as if all is well. I do not intend to insult the intelligence of any tribe, unfortunately anytime issues of this nature is reared up, it will always appear some peoples’ intelligence are being attacked. The subject of this piece is about our separation that can be done meaningfully through CONFAB – REFERENDUM, no point shedding blood, we can separate PEACEFULLY!

Observation 1: Definitely, Nigeria can never be one no matter how hard we try (ironically, for we to grow we need to be one). We will definitely understand the language of being one when we part ways on the long run, because we were not meant to be together in the first place.

Observation 2: Southern part and Northern part have to go their separate ways for any meaningful developments (be it structural, intellectual to take place). Northern part (especially the Northwest and Northeast) and Southern part are like water and oil, they can never mix together.

Observation 3: 2015 will definitely be too hot to handle for the governments security wise. Nigeria may likely open a new vista in her convoluted political history.

Observation 4: This politics of “it’s my turn to rule” is purely demonic and undemocratic”, as there have never been any reasonable and meaningful lasting developments targeted towards the many citizens of this country especially from “rulers” in the Northern parts.

Observation 5: Democracy will never fix our problems; we are different from the United States. This is a wasteful system of government as far as we can see, compared to even the military (before you axe me check your facts on this and you will be amazed at how extravagant our incompetent politicians are). Of course, I am not supporting the military comeback. A Sovereign National Conference or Confederacy (through Regionalism as practiced in the 60s may just be appropriate).The warning is this; Jonathan may just be the last Nigeria’s President!

Observation 6: Corruption gives room for all manners of shortcuts to “making it big” within the cycle of governments, hence we are at a standstill.

Observation 7: Our so-called leaders are not sincere with the led, the more reason we are not developing.

Observation 8: Good roads, stable power supply, vibrant agriculture, efficient securities at all levels, well-planned job creations and efficient educational and financial systems must be integrated into the system if Nigeria must attain stability in the near future.

Observation 9: Our judicial system is a farce and a great mockery to what genuine democracy is. Judgments have been slaughtered on the platter of MONEY – A big shame!

Observation 10: We are too fearful to take our destinies in our hands as a nation and this has affected virtually all the citizens of this great country.

Observation 11: We are fond of celebrating mediocrity and glorifying stupidity in almost all our endeavours towards nation-building.
Suggestions – Fielding qualified personnel to place of authorities and not political appointees is the answer to this anomaly.

Observation 12: The only thing constant in Nigeria right from her independence is LIES! No nation can develop on the foundation of LIES – I am still standing to be corrected!

Observation 13: Going our separate ways is not the end of the world, only greedy, blood-thirsty, visionless leaders always drums up support for our “unity that is not united”. We have been in the wilderness of this deception for too long, let the North go their way and the South go their way and we shall see the light we have been craving for instead of this groping in the dark.

Observation 14: Only “very few” Religion leaders in the country know the mind of God for this country and are still on the path of truth.

Suggestions – May God continue to keep this “very few” (Amen).

Observation 15: About 90% of Nigerians understand the language of FORCE; about 70% are ravished by POVERTY, about 60% of the working force is JOBLESS, about 40% are criminally-minded when not in PRIVILEGED POSITIONS/ PLACE OF OPPORTUNITIES, about 90% are criminally-minded when in PRIVILEGED POSITIONS/ PLACE OF OPPORTUNITIES. Indeed, danger looms in the not-too-far distance.

Suggestions – Point 8 should be strictly considered!

Observation 16: It is very certain that there is no LOVE among us, hence, the lack of unity. The more reason we cannot continue to do the same thing over and over again and expect different unique results – impossible!

Observation 17: Political parties are unique instruments of polarity as far as “Nigerian Politics” is concerned, this we shall see before 2015 – mark my words.

Observation 18: There is nothing strange in Buhari’s utterances, that is what a typical Hausa – Fulani man is behaviourally (easily-provoked), the same applies to many of his tribesmen either in the elite class or the cattle-rearers. The only difference is that, he is not a pretender and he got the balls to express himself while his other “elite tribesmen” are pretenders and extremely dangerous – Jonathan beware!

Observation 19: There is nothing strange in Boko Haram’s activities as far as I am concerned, they believe they are championing the cause of Allah as laid bare in the Quran, and penciled down by their great Prophet, Mohammed. Remember the activities of an average Hausa – Fulani man during their many riots and how they dealt with their southern counterparts who reside in the North – wake up people!

Observation 20: Indeed there is a great confusion in the land, our leaders are just pretending to be in control, and time that heals all wounds will still be the definitive factor that will prove this noble truth!

Observation 21: There can never be PEACE in the core north why? Too many innocent bloods have been shed in that part of the country (start your personal research from 1955 and you will be amazed at the rate of the senseless killings) yet they are still incorrigible instead of them to be penitent!

Note: Only genuine prayers to God and a willing heart to turn away from these wicked acts can reverse the looming dangers – we can keep on dreaming thinking all is WELL, when indeed all is not WELL!

Why are you bothering yourself with the fellow. He is a Yoruba man and an average Yoruba is ahistorical - drunkenly and giddily ahistorical

pchukwudi:
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Young man, you are simply trying to interprete history from your current perspective without due regards to historic facts. You simply have no grasp of the facts. And your speculations do not appear so logical to me.

For starters, here are some facts and thoughts to ponder:

1. Contrary to your insinuation, the yorubas were not neutral during the war.

2. Lots of Yoruba soldiers fought on the Nigeria side, while some fought on the Biafra side.

3. The actual reason Yorubas did not alley with the easteners enmass was because of hate politics spread in the west in pre-67 elections, where akintola portrayed yorubas as economic victims to igbos whom he claimed dominated comnerce in lagos. He conviniently blamed this false yoruba victimization narative on Awolowo, who obviously was pro igbo at the time.

4. When akintola was killed during the coupe Awolowo had his chance to steer the west in the right direction but he had not the guts.

5. If the yorubas had solidly stood with the igbos on ojukwu's demands the north would not have had the morale to go into the war considering that the midwestern region was also a willing alley to the eastern region.

This is my last on this discurse.

"At the aburi conference, it was northern, western and Midwest regions against eastern region. You can’t win a war when you’re outmanned and outgunned"

Q#1
Why would Western Region support Northern Region whose position and stance in 1967 was rabidly pro-North and unabashedly against the long-term interest and well-being of Western Region and the entire South?

Q#2
Why would Western Region and Yoruba willingly support her long-term enemy (Northern Region) to politically behead Yoruba head only to start complaining in future, after the damage has been inflicted, that Yoruba have no head?

Q#3
What would have been the state of Nigeria - and South in particular - had Yoruba courageously joined Ojukwu and Eastern Nigeria to resist the Northern Nigeria hijack of power or insisted on the implementation of Aburi Accord?

Q#4
Have your read, Indepth, the content of Aburi Accord?

Q#5
Do you know that Awolowo supported Aburi Accord before opposing it after Gowon offered him the Greek gift of political appointment?

Q#6
What have Yoruba nation gained for aligning with Gowon and Northern Nigeria to fight for fraudulent One Nigeria/Nigerian Unity instead of Ojukwu and Eastern Region to usher for both Yoruba and Igbo nation?

Q#7
Why did Awolowo end up as the best president Nigeria never had instead of the best the president Nigeria ever had?

Q#8
Who is having the last laugh on Nigeria and laughing at Nigeria - between Ojukwu and all the political and military opponents that fought against him in the Northern Nigeria-Biafra War?

Q#9
Can you give me names of at least 5 military or political figures - dead or alive figures from the south or non-Muslim Northern who fought against Ojukwu that is happy about (1) their anti-Biafra stance (2) state of Nigeria and (3) condition of their region/ethnic group vis-a-vis Hausa/Fulani?

ipobcannibals:
Ojukwu, as soldier should have know that the war will be lost from the onset, because if he had any sense at all and value Igbo/eastern lives, he should have seen it coming at Aburi. At the aburi conference, it was northern, western and Midwest regions against eastern region. You can’t win a war when you’re outmanned and outgunned.

The truth about that war hasn’t been told to Ndigbo yet, because if it had been told, many Igbo would start to see Ojukwu in a different light as someone who was careless with eastern/Igbo lives. Today, the SS does not want to hear anything about Biafra because of the unnecessary deaths it brought to them and it’s time Ngidigbo understand that Biafra is death and has never brought any good to Igbo.

You hear some facts. You don't hear facts. You interrogate issues and events to ferret out facts

Coldie:
I hated that civil war I swear. That was igbos biggest mistake it’s the only thing I wish I can erase from our history.


When I heAr some facts about it I begin to ask myself if Ojukwu was really a hero, I heard that sometimes in the war when there’s no weapons he would bundle hundreds of Igbo youths with cutlass and stick send them to the battle front to fight against an army with rifles and ak47 if that wasn’t enough when they started running out of matured soldiers they turned to kids as soldiers, he was loosing the war but refused to give up despite all advice, men who tried to go against him was executed, but instead kept sending people to their death until he ran away finally

Where and when did Ojukwu apologize?

Nyanmiridunce:
Ojukwu messed up but it was wise of him to apologize to Nigeria how stupid he was. Lamidi cownu is currently towing that lane and he's been caged like ewúrẹ́ ìyá àlákẹ.

Substantiate your assertion with empirical evidence.

Hisbah21:
Even Ojukwu knew before his death he fought a clueless war. he turned alot homeless

True words indeed!

BaronCorbin:
While the caption was made this way to get attraction, let be it explicitly stated that the caption was not meant as an insult for any tribe or for any person. That being said, let me make some salient points very clear and I will be very brutal

The internet have been filled with hullabaloo on how "an editor called the Yoruba nation sophisticated morrons and how Igbos are against the making of June 12 democracy day". Well this letter serves as a reminder as to why their are oddities of this nature of recent. It also serves to set many misinformations straight before outright lies become truths.

(1) Dear Yoruba nation, Igbos are not against the naming of June 12 as Nigerian democracy day. We are not for or against the idea because it does not really affect us in anyway and we are not constitutionally bound to it. For all we care, Buhari can name the whole 12th day of the the whole 12 calendar months as democracy day. It doesn't change the fact that the day we celebrate democracy day is May 30th which we have resoundingly made clear to governments prior before the naming of June 12 as democracy day. Igbos all over the world recognise May 30th as the day of our fallen heroes. Case Closed! But immediately the announcement was made about democracy day being shifted to 12, many political jobbers cashed in on it, opened so many alternative monikers and started castigating the Yorubas about the awards. Most of them are PDP online warriors who are hell bent on making the elections a very tribal thing. The Yoruba people in their so called sophistication cashed in on the attack and started insulting the whole Igbo race. I can bring evidence of how they insulted my tribe to the last! So many threads were opened and were asking "Why are Igbos angry about the announcement of June 12". We swallowed all with pride. Now it has come back to bite them! How?

(2) I spoke above, on how so many threads were opened seeking to know why "Igbos are angry about the announcement of June 12 as democracy day". Well if I may ask some of you unlettered human beings; who are the Igbos you are talking about? The last time I checked, Igbos are a powerful nation of over 40 million people. Our achievements all over the world are there for the whole world to see and bear witness to. The average Igbo man is more interested in his business and family welfare to care about some useless May 29 handover date or June 12 election annulment date! Check my profile and you will see the day Igbos celebrated their democracy day! It was resounding and overwhelming statement to the Nigerian state that we are not loyal to this very useless nation which does not give a single Fucck about its lower citizenry! If you doubt me, come to Onitsha where I stay and ask the average Citizen about the new democracy day of Nigeria! I can bet my balls that only 1 in 10,000 heard about the News except those on Nairaland! Case Closed again!

(3) Some dingbats who felt that insulting Igbos on Nairaland is not enough took it to twitter and other media outlets. Many of them took it to vanguard news site and was insulting the heck out of Igbos. Let me tell you guys... You people don't know the calibre of people who read that news site. You people go there, insult vanguard as pro Biafra news site, call it all sorts of tantrums and vitriols and then expect that there won't be a backlash right? I have literally seen where so many e-diots go to vanguard just as they do on Nairaland and voice out their disgust about Igbo people there. They keep on reminding them on how they lost the 2015 elections. Well, do you think it will not get to somebody someday? Well, there you have it! You people can cry us a river from now till thy kingdom come. There is nothing you people will do now that can really affect the Igbo nation except maybe... Be mean and tactically wicked to the Efulefus who built houses in your states, doing business there and are schooling there. We warned them already on how you people can be tactically dangerous and betraying without coming out to the front to state it! So other than being mean to those ones in your area, every other thing is useless online rant that really changes nothing!

(4) The Agbero Akiolu connect! Do you guys remember the above named tout? Who willingly said he will drown Igbos if they vote against APC? Do you guys remember how your folks supported him on Nairaland? Even some dingbats carried placards warning Igbos on insulting their king... I laugh in Swahili Well, is that King a respected person in Yorubaland or Not? How many Yoruba people condemned the animal who is the Nigerian version of Hitler that killed 6 million Jews for not supporting him?

(5) On yorubas and IGBOS not being mates quote being used by so many Yoruba on this forum. Hahahaahahahahahahahahaa! Please allow me laugh for 10 minutes. Well, I don't know who deceived this current Yoruba generation that Igbos are dragging anything with them. The last time I checked, the sky is very high and wide for every bird to fly to their destiny. We are not in any dickk measuring contest with any tribe. The last time I checked again, Igbos are a highly successful tribe much to the envy of so many tribes in the world. The secrets of their success is left to Chukwu Okike kere Uwa. Is it the Transport sector, Movie sector, Nollywood, Religion, Technology, Sports, Education, Pharmaceuticals, Medicine line, Entertainment? The only sphere Igbos are not successful in Nigeria is just politics which is something borne out of wickedness to subjugate them! If they cry out, they say they have victim mentality... Wow! You are holding somebody back and expect him or her not to fight back? Go to Europe and America and see how Igbo sons and Daughters are winning Parliamentary seats! In true countries governed by rule of law and order, Igbos are winning! Even your Yoruba son Davido had his brains cooked and fuccked out by an Igbo lady that he had to scream Igbos are winning. You see? So Yorubas no need to drag anything with you people. You guys met the white people almost 20 years before we met them! But it took the Igbos nothing more than a year to surge and catch up with whatever you people learnt already and eclipsed it. Cry me a river too cry babies! True Igbo sons don't care!

I can go on and on.... He who brings ant infested wood home should not be angry when Lizards come visiting. Any person you people see on Nairaland going against the June 12 day is not a true Igbo person. True Igbo sons have never really cared about May 29 not to talk of June 12! What is our business there? There was a country called Biafra by Chinua Achebe and that is what keeps on reminding us forever that there was a country we have to keep on searching for!

N.B
Let me also to point also point out there are so many Hausas and Fulanis on this forum! Thousands of them posing as either Igbos or Yorubas. There duty is to fan the embers of hatred to the benefit of their region. Because at the end of the day, this has always been there tactic of remaining in Power! If they do a calculation and see that they will loose election in APC, all of them will support PDP and if they see that they will loose in PDP, they will revert back to APC! Have a nice day! Case Closed!

"Don't forget that Ifeajuna schooled in UI which was the first University in Nigeria and established by Awolowo"

UI was established by the British -not Awolowo!

Deadlytruth:
I disagree that Yorubas initiated the coup. One thing that was very clear was that both Ifeajuna (the actual arrowhead of the coup) and Nzeogwu had tremendous reverence and respect for Awolowo. Nwobosi (the Ibadan axis commander of the coup) recently granted a press interview in which he declared that among all the leading politicians back then (i.e. Balewa, Bello, Zik, Awolowo, Okpara, Akintola, and Okotie-Eboh) only Awolowo could not be classified as a mediocre hence the original plan of himself, Ifeajuna and Nzeogwu was to kill all those directly and indirectly involved in Awolowo's imprisonment and then free Awolowo and forcefully install him as the prime minister whether he liked it or not. Don't forget that Ifeajuna schooled in UI which was the first University in Nigeria and established by Awolowo. Nzeogwu was a no nonsense and 100% detribalized and ascetic army officer who was disgusted by the governing style of the coalition between Bello, Balewa, Zik, Okotie-Eboh and Akintola, so much that only in Awolowo he saw an excellent alternative. Why those young military men were so convinced of Awolowo remains a puzzle however. So it was clear that it was not really a Yoruba coup but a patriotic coup in conception but tribalized by Ifeajuna at execution stage.

They remind igbos that they are land locked and so cannot survive. I laugh at the parochial conclusion,


I laugh also at their parochia lconclusion

Built2last:
An average Igbo man doesn't trust a yoruba man.

The war left a bitter experience that older Igbo generations have cascaded down to the younger ones.

It is unfortunate because its a blanket belief.

The Igbos felt that, to have sustained themselves with their own economy, transportation, accepted currency in 47 countries, they would have won the war if not that Yorubas through Awo, aligned with the north. That bitter experience Igbos will not forget in a hurry.

The agitation for seccession has been sustained by Igbos since after the war and Yorubas are the first to shout and scream there shall be no Biafra each time Igbos talk. This comes with apprehension in trusting Yorubas by Igbos.

I beleive in stronger south. The united south with stronger economy have no business being ruled by the north.

Look at the current security leadership of Nigeria. Military and para-military all Northerners.

its nothing but to consolidate and engender a stronger hegemony.

Yoruba leaders desire to be a republic because they have all it takes to be a great nation, but do not want to be at the fore-front of it.

I am amazed that Yorubas with the greatest seaport in Africa are scared of forming a strong nation.

They remind igbos that they are land locked and so cannot survive. I laugh at the parochial conclusion,

Europe has 27 member states, only 14 have access to water. the other 13 is land locked and some of them have existed for centuries.

look at Monaco and Gilbratar in Europe, these countries have practically nothing but services but leave well.

Igbos have River Niger bordered at Onitsha.

When dubai was established in the 80s. the country was a wilderness. today they boast of 14 lakes and still conquering nature.

can we have a stronger south? Yes we can

Right on point!

snowwhyte607:
*No region in Southern Nigeria needs One Nigeria to survive.*
(A must read pls.)



*Buhari’s government is a necessary evil. Necessary in the sense that each region that makes up the contraption called Nigeria has come to see the union as an open-faced lie that it is, and is weighing its options. While the South West, which became the backbone of the Northern dominance over the South for the past 6 years tries to pull back from the alliance, the South East and South-South which have been waiting for South West to get ready to crash the fraud, sit back and watch.* South West has managed to corner the economic power of the country while the North keeps the political power through the unverified population claims.

While the South West negotiates with economic and media power, the core North negotiates with unverified population political power.
The South-South, especially the Ijaw areas negotiates with cutting off the mainstay of the nation’s economy. This implies that if the gas trunk line from Escravos is cut off, half of Lagos and Ogun will be out of power till it is restored, so they're listened to.
But South-South lost so many economic potentials due to years of inter-tribal wars and militancy. Lagos was able to gain what South-South lost by promoting itself as safe and peaceful; again with the power of media.
The Ijaw-Itsekiri war forced many multinationals to relocate to Lagos from Warri.
Years of militancy further stripped Port Harcourt of its garden city status, removed most of the benefits of oil the region had to the gain of Lagos while it became an ecological wasteland.

*However, the South-East has nothing to negotiate with, because it has failed to build a local economy with its huge human capital, natural resources and individual financial war chest.*
Building an economy entails full industrialisation of the region.
The governors have not thought beyond the monthly allocation from the federal government, and their innate quest to fritter away the commonwealth of the people of the region to set up a system that taps from the ingenuity of their people.
Setting up this system means that there will be a direction and objectives to be achieved in say, 10,20, 30 years time.
*This system will build a market that is interconnected and becomes a go-to for entire West Africa. Instead, the economy of the region is scattered in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and only returns to either build filling stations or hotels.*
*But the "hotel and filling stations" economy does not offer sustainability or keep the money in the East as no raw materials and labour are sought.*
The inability of the leaders to think beyond their stomachs is why Aba has no good internal roads, let alone the ones that connect her to Akwa Ibom to facilitate the movement of goods from Nigeria to Cameroon.

Nigeria is dominantly a gas nation and has the highest proven gas reserve in the whole of Africa with over 202 trillion cubic feet of gas reserve.
*A greater proportion of Nigeria's gas reserve is in the south East. None of the Igbo leaders licking the anal hole of Abuja men has thought it wise investing in electricity, using their Abuja connections to add value to the economy of the region except one.* Investment in electricity is a good starting point for industrialisation. The totality of Imo, Anambra and Abia are sitting on huge NAG reserves.
While Escravos Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) supplies 2.2 Million standard cubic feet per day, the Assa North-Ohaji South project which holds more than 4.3 trillion cubic feet of NAG is the largest greenfield gas condensate development projects being undertaken in Nigeria and expected to supply 600 million cubic feet of gas daily. This will translate to 2.4 GW of electricity that can power more than 5 million homes. But the shocker is that it will not be used for electricity in the South East.
Imagine 2.2 GW of electricity in Onitsha and Nnewi and Emene industrial areas.
*The first conceptualised domestic gas supply project was the Aba-Owerri-Nnewi-Onitsha Pipeline Project but it was abandoned for the Ajaokuta - Kaduna - Kano project.*
There is also no domestic gas project covering the entire Niger Delta, despite the fact that the region supplies to Lagos and Ajaokuta. So what have the leaders in these areas been doing?

Another reason why these gas reserves in the East are not being developed is because of the so-called "competitive market and infrastructure to harness them".
*Oil Serve is deep into gas development in Ukwa and Asa and built the supply base for the 188 MW Geometrics gas-powered plant. But Igbo leaders sat down and watched as Prof Bat Nnaji and Emeka Offor's Interstate electricity battled for nearly 8 years, depriving Aba of the needed power that will restore its industrial potentials.* The funny part is that it took Vice President Osibanjo to wade into the dispute to settle it while Ohanaeze drank champagne from house to house. Taunting yourself as holding over 60 per cent of the country's capital while there is no back up local economy will backfire as it did in the 60s when push comes to shove.

Igbo leaders over the years missed the lecture.
*Their inability to invest in youths like Zik, MI Okpara and Sam Mbakwe did, by setting up critical infrastructures like electricity and good transport systems pushed the youth to the wall.*
Their complicity and reliance on Abuja meant that their people no longer take them seriously.

Instead of Arthur Eze using police to harass Abba people, he could have teamed up with Seplat and Oil Serve for a gas pipeline to Onitsha and Nnewi. They can source $3 billion for the project. With Arthur Eze's connect in Abuja, nothing will stop it. But what do we get? People who just want us to clap for them for driving Rolls Royce on tattered roads. Now the youths are fighting back, choosing death than to back down. Currently, there is a struggle for the control of the soul of the East, between the youths and the traditional politicians. Instead of using dialogue to settle the disagreement, the politicians rely on the same Abuja which understands nothing but brute force to crush the resistance. *However, the consistent militarization of the East has not scared these youths but has emboldened them. From flying flags to now wielding AK 47 assault rifles, the next phase is already known.*
They have failed to understand that this generation won't tolerate what their fathers tolerated.

*Moving on, Nigeria breaking up, violently, is a matter of when and no longer that of 'if'.*
*We have all come to the brutal reality that each region needs an armed group that will speak for it in times like these.*
Even the central government with its clear lack of direction is beginning to prepare grounds for eventual break up of the union, through the appointment of people of Buhari’s ethnic group in juicy positions to steal as much as they could and using the wealth from the south to build an economically irrelevant railway to the Niger Republic. Despite all the noise, they would find out that all they contribute to the union are onions, cabbage, tomatoes and meat.

*It is funny that Nigeria has not found a way to connect its economic clusters of Lagos, Aba, Onicha and Port Harcourt with rail but has all of a sudden found a way to connect an economically arid Niger Republic whose GDP is not up to that of Anambra.*
The significance of this is profound. The North West has more affinity with the Niger Republic, Chad and Mali than the rest of the country.
That is why under Buhari, railway, refinery etc will get to Maradi. It is also why governors from the Niger Republic attend political campaigns in places like kano and Katsina.
*It is why herders are imported from Niger down to Chad and the Central African Republic to cause mayhem all over Nigeria while Abuja turns the other way.*
*It is why Gas is channelled from Obrikom/Obiafu to Kaduna, Kano while Bayelsa has no stable electricity.*

*Nigeria is the biggest fraud to ever exist and it took the docile South just six years of Buhari to finally see what has been going on for about 60 years.*

*It was within these 6 years that the people who criminalised Kanu and his IPOB for only flying flags and demanding their own country began actively negotiating with terrorists, resettling them and publicly demanding amnesty for them.* When they moved against Igboho, the South West resisted. The core North was handicapped and couldn't sustain its propaganda in the Sasa incident because the South West plugged off its media power from their mouth. Outdone, they sent Kadiari Ahmed to appeal to journalists not to blow up the country while failing to put the blame squarely at Buhari’s nepotist feet. Nobody threatened to burn down their shops in order to cow them, a common threat issued to our people from the South East.

*Will the bandits get the amnesty?*
*I bet you they will. If you doubt it, then you are not paying attention enough.*
If the politicians whose actions led to the insurgency in North East, found a way to create a North East development commission, banditry is also geared towards a North West development commission which will sap more money from the South to the North while the wait for the D-day continues.
*Those shouting that the "Unity of Nigeria is not negotiable" are only waiting to steal enough.*
With the way the union is tearing apart, there will be little to no time to even negotiate.

Those who tell you that South East is landlocked do not see how wide and deep River Niger and Imo River are.
The Port of Hamburg which is the 15th busiest port in the world and the busiest in Germany is along the Elbe River which is not as wide as the Imo River or Niger River.
Google is your friend.
They tell you that these rivers pass through other states to get to the ocean.
But if Nigeria breaks up, those rivers will be bound by international water treaties or might be decided through other unconventional means.
If you go to St Petersburg in Russia, you notice several motorised bridges that open at night for cargo ships to pass and close in the day for vehicles.
While the biggest vessel to ever berth in Nigeria is 10,000 TEU, the Elbe River carries vessels above 24,000 TEUs.

If Hamburg is Nigeria, you know how the story will turn out.
The government is not thinking.
You should also not stop thinking. Those who make peaceful coexistence impossible make violent balkanisation possible.
Sadly, they're in power.

Dr Dennis U. Ekumankama, MFR.

Indeed as usual

pinkPUSSY:
The suspects are Alfa Yunusa Atikoko, and Wasiu Ajikanle.


As usual..


YMM

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