₦airaland Forum

cosby02:
I'm not sure you read the article.

It's you who didn't read the article

Delta state performance is very commendable.

Lagos, with all the high IGR and high allocation only vomited 35 billion out of the over 1 trillion naira they received within the period under review. This is very shameful for a state that cornered the ports of a whole country. The looting going on in that state is crazy.

Lovemeharder:
Merry Christmas folks.

Merry Christmas to the godfathers or godsons?

nonhuman:
was abolished over 50years ago not 20

I really don't know why people are resurrecting a matter that had been solved.

stanluiz:
SIM will not be removed.

Ambode also thought he will win the party ticket in 2019.

Whalis:
You are the one they have successfully deceived. If police had deposited in your stomach hot balls of lead during your protests procession you would have crossed to eternity for nothing.
SIM has accepted the creeds of their sect. You think SIM was just made the governor without some agreement? You think that SIM is no member of some secret sect? Lol.

My biggest worry is that you are here supporting a governor making and respecting an agreement with a godfather. How low can you sink further?

SharingIsLife:
God fathers should go and learn what democracy is. Democracy is a situation where elected representatives owe loyalty only to the people and to no one else. Our ignorance is making us not to know this, without which democracy would be a big lie.

You're very correct, my worry is that there are regions in this country where any attempt to resist godfathers is seen as rebellion. They support for godfathers to run their states, making a rubbish of their sitting elected governors and making the people of the state poor.

Whalis:
This is no ijaw government. It is a government a sect of people. Members of a sect should obey their rules.

Continue to deceive yourself

Anambra story

Enugu story

Lagos story

This story is very long, but surprisingly short. One man has taken custody of the wished and aspirations of the whole state, hiring and firing state governors as he likes, he can put a governor in the state and remove him in the evening.

Ambode tried to go against him and was kicked so hard that he landed in the middle of the lagoon. Sanwo-Olu has been respecting himself, answering "yessar" to every command. Lagos could have been richer than US and UK combined if not for one man sitting and farming on their destiny.

Where should I start?

Let .e start from Edo state because of my respect for the throne of the Oba, Oba gha to kpaeo !!!

It was a battle of epic proportions, when Obaseki tried to recontest his gubernatorial election and Oshiomole stood in his way, Obaseki took his godfather up on a wrestling match, floored his master and pinned him down on the ground till he was defeated.

Obaseki not only won the election but got Oshiomole fired from APC chairmanship and expelled from the party. Tinubu was disgraced and booed out of the state, some boys pursued him and quietly stamped "Edo no be Lagos" at the back of his clothes as he was sneaking out of the airport.

lexylaw40kuti:
I think now they are trying to make it official

The abolishment was official all over Igboland, it was done where Igboland started.

stanluiz:
They have not bullied him.

SIM maybe be quiet but he knows what he is doing. He is waiting for supreme Court verdict. Remeber that Rivers State governorship election that make him governor wasn't free and fair. Too many error, mistakes and rigging.

If he dares against Tinubu 8 point resolution. They will use supreme Court and remove him.

He will accept the resolution for peace to reign in Rivers for now. The real war will start when supreme Court Reaffirms him as governor on January 20th.

He will declare all out war on wike and crush his so co called political structure. SIM has be backing of the people.

Sorry to shock you bro, SIM can still be removed by the supreme courts even after accepting Tinubu 8 point peace agenda. He has raised his head and they have seen his boldness, they can throw him into the gutters because they know he can turn to a tiger after the supreme Court case is over.

Already abolished everywhere since 20 years ago, stop repeating rubbish.

allthingsgood:
Wrong. Fubara is playing the long game. Not emotional knee-jerk reaction. This is top class politics

Dude is already being dragged under the waters, they are already suffocating him.

Merry Christmas

Rivers State Crisis: Lesson from History

20 May 1962
Sixty-eight members of the Western Regional Assembly signed a No Confidence resolution on Chief SL Akintola as the Premier of the Western Region. They forwarded the resolution to the Governor of Western Region, Sir Adesoji Aderemi.

22 May 1962
The Governor, Sir Aderemi, the Ooni of Ife, wrote to Chief SL Akintola and informed him of his removal from office as Premier of the Western Region. Chief Akintola called a press conference and announced his rejection of the removal. He also filed an action in court for injunction against his removal.

The Action Group, in the exercise of their right as the majority party, elected Alhaji DS Adegbenro as the new Premier of the Western Region. He was sworn in and duly recognised by the Governor.

23 May 1962
Chief SL Akintola broke into the Premier's office, which was locked, and insisted he was still the Premier.
The High Court at Ibadan heard Chief Akintola's case and adjourned to 5 June 1962. The injunction was not granted.

24 May 1962
In a rare act of interference and for different reasons, the Premiers of the Eastern and Northern Regions took public sides against Alhaji Adegbenro, thereby supporting Chief Akintola.

25 May 1962
The Western Regional House convened for a confidence motion on Alhaji Adegbenro. A member of the Parliament stood up shouting there "is fire on the mountain" while another member took the mace and broke it. Pandemonium ensued.

The House reconvened later in the day, and for some inexplicable reason, police fired teargas into the room and caused commotion. Prime Minister made a broadcast and announced a meeting of the Federal House on 29 May 1962.

29 May 1962
The Federal House met, and the Prime Minister moved a motion to declare a State of Emergency in the Western Region, citing the absence of a duly constituted government as the reason. The Minister of Finance seconded. Chief Awolowo sought an amendment to the motion opposing the state of emergency. He was defeated.

The Prime Minister's motion passed with 209 in support and 36 against. The federal government declared a State of Emergency in the Western Region. Dr MA Majekodunmi was appointed Administrator of the region.

The 29 May 1962 incident indeed marked the beginning of the end of the First Republic. Due to a lack of attention and record keeping, we made 29 May Democracy Day without considering that day's event in 1962. That event gathered speed that led to the coup of January 1966, the counter-coup of July 1966, and the civil war.

The Federal interference in the Western Regional House of Assembly crisis was needless, politically motivated, and unnecessary. Subsequent court judgment by the Privy Council in Adengbero and Akintola found that the Governor of Western Region's removal of Chief Akintola was constitutional.

Some patience and regard for due process would have allowed the issue to be resolved legally. That would have deepened our democracy and avoided the ugly consequences that followed.

Federal interference in the Rivers state "crisis," in my opinion, is needless, unnecessary, and can cause grave harm to constitutional government. There is a need for all to act with restraint and follow the due process of the law. Abridging the law is a recipe for more crisis.

History is available to help us avert needless crises.

The sequence of events account was drawn from two opposing sources, one by Chief Awolowo in his book The Travails of Democracy and the other from Ayo Rosiji Man with Vision by Nina Mba.

LegendHero:
What do you think the governor should do?

Did Wike not know he is Ijaw before helping him get to the seat? Now suddenly Ijaws remember Wike is an enemy.

When Tinubu left Fashola alone during their issue, was Tinubu inferior/weak then?

The governor is just 6month old, most of the PDP structure still in Wike’s hand. In few years, the governor would have built his own base and by then even Wike will respect himself.

Everything is not by gra gra or fighting. You don’t fight for fighting sake, you fight to win in politics.

One thing you are trying hard to forget is that Nigeria is a big country, and that what happened in one region doesn't necessarily repeat in another region. Lagos is very different from Rivers or other SS and SE states.

Nebes:
We all know how Sim got to where he is. Wike is his boss for pushing him up. But should Sim have folded his hands and watched Wike impeach him like he wanted?

Sim showed some heavy balls. If you know Rivers state you'll know that power does not stay with gentlemen here. Wike could never have imagined that Sim would put up any resistance. Ah ah! It takes a high level of madness to bomb the house of assembly complex and further demolish it completely. Wike never saw this side of Sim and from now he'll always thread carefully around him.

From now on he will be getting his full credit alerts