Ex-President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan a.k.a "Fortunatus" forever seeking relevance after he ruled Nigeria in a manner careless, clueless and not hands-on for which he has remained unapologetic. So much of our patrimony stolen (little wonder according to him stealing is not corruption) right under his nose and our soldiers demystified, ambushed and cheaply killed by terrorists because commanding officers largely from a section of the country that claim to love him loved money enough to put up battle showings that signposted sabotage of the NA that enabled takeovers of Nigerian territories by terrorists in return for filthy lucre in millions leading to the painful deaths of our gallant soldiers. I pray he repents in good time before it is his turn to face God (like we will all do someday) to account for his lifetime on earth.
Labor rarely if ever uses strike to fight bad governance . All they care about is the application of medicine after death. Deal with bad governance and the reasons for the strike will be largely taken care of.
Greetings, your Excellencies -the governors of the land of the Rising Sun.
It is with a heart burdened with sorrow that I write you today to register my grave displeasure over your criminal complicity in the woes of the people you purport to preside over.
With your permissions, your Excellencies, I will like to start this piece with questions which have dug a very deep hole in my heart for a very long time and the questions are:
Whose interests are you representing as governors?
Where does your loyalty lie?
Why does it seem like your dominant default instinct is to please the Caliphate even if it means displeasing your people?
Dear governors, those are questions on the lips of almost every Igbo youth and those questions must not just be asked, they must be answered.
Your Excellencies, do you ever sit back and wonder why millions of Ndigbo have chosen to willingly follow Mazi Nnamdi Kanu in his quest to restore Biafra?
I will tell you:
As a people, Ndigbo have been oppressed, suppressed, dejected, isolated, marginalized, ridiculed, humiliated, haunted and murdered by the moral criminals and executive terrorists running the affairs of the Nigerian state since after the Biafran war. When Mr Hate-Made-Flesh, President Buhari, came on board, he elevated Igbo marginalization and dehumanization as an official govt policy. Two days ago, the Buhari-led govt brought in tanks and sophisticated military hardware into Ala-Igbo. It doesn't take a 'Dibia' to know that those weapon will be used on the same people whose lives you are being paid to protect.
In all these,
You, the people who presume to be our governors didn't just maintain criminal silence, you connived with our oppressors to ride roughshod over our wounds. Just for the pittance known as monthly allocation, you had no qualms turning a blind eye and living in denial of our pains and miseries and wars and woes.
This year alone, you, the southeast governors, have visited Asorock more times than I can remember, to pledge your commitment to #OneNigeria which begs the questions:
How many times have you visited Asorock to ask why Onitsha Seaport has remained comatose for years or to protest the non-inclusion of southeast in the rail project?
How many times have you visited Asorock to ask why the entire production processes in Ala-Igbo have been emasculated to keep your people in state of perpetual penury?
Despite being the most peaceful region in the entire country, the southeast has thrice the number of police and militarymen deployed to the Boko-haram ravaged Northeast. Even violence prone Gaza Strip and terrorist-infested Mount Sinai in MiddleEast do not boast of such high level of militarization. And these uniformed thugs brazenly extort monies from motorists and okada riders and humiliate those who try to resist their savagery.
How many times have you gone to Asorock to protest this?? But how can you, when those uniformed extortionists and invaders are in Ala-Igbo with your full permissions??
What kind of #OneNigeria do you really want? A Nigeria where mediocrity and injustice walk on all four as obtains now or a Nigeria characterized by merit, justice and fairness??
Dear governors, we have lied to ourselves for far too long. Permit me to honour you with the courtesy of being blunt:
We, Ndigbo, ARE NOT in the mess we are in today because we have a president whose access to oxygen seems to depend solely on how much hatred he can dish to us. Not at all. We are where we are today because we have the singular misfortune of being cursed with one of the most criminally insensitive set of governors in our history. A set of governors whose sense of governance is simply atrocious. A set of governors whose 'Onye Ayana Nwanne Ya' spirit is simply non-existent. A set of governors who are indeed Pharaohs but who have succeeded in acquiring the garbs of Moses.
Your Excellencies, you are the biggest singular tragedy of Ndigbo. It grieves me beyond word to publicly admit this but it grieves me even more that it is true.
Those millions of people you see following Nnamdi Kanu are indicative of the fact that the people you pretend to lead have lost faith in you.
You have failed your people. You have failed Ala-Igbo and if you have any shread of honor, you will not disagree that you have failed even yourselves.
You act and speak like psychological slaves and you waste no time in proving your loyalty to your fulani masters even if it means sacrificing your people. Your default inclination is to the Caliphate.
Recently, one of you, governor Rochas Okorocha, bested Uncle Lucifer when he used soldiers to carry out a festival of blood reportedly killing not less than 4 persons including an 11 year old Somtochukwu Igboanusi, all in a bid to demolish the ancient Eke-ukwu market in Owerri. And I'm wondering, how does Okorocha sleep at night knowing he's responsible for the death of the only male child of his parents??
The "No More Elections In Biafraland" currently being championed by IPOB is receiving wide acceptance NOT NECESSARILY because of Nnamdi Kanu but because when an average Igbo man looks around, he finds it extremely difficult to point to any time any of you Igbo governors have defended his interests.
When fulani terrorists visit us with death, rather than act like governor Fayose, you act like Jeremiah, the weeping prophet. When our dues are denied us in Nigeria, you play deaf, dumb and blind. When fulani soldiers kill and bath us with acid even inside a Church, you play the devil's advocate BUT when we say we want a referendum to enable us decide our future, you rush to Asorock to counter us.
How can a people live with so called leaders who act like that??
I'm submitting to you, my dear governors, that the 5 of you are the co-authors of our misfortune as a people!
But,
I have goodnews for you: your cups of iniquity are yet to run over. You can still redeem yourselves.
Please, in the name of the millions we lost to the Biafran war, rally round your people. Defend their right to life for once! Look the Caliphate in the eye for once and tell them that your people are no children of a lesser god. Stop holding Nicodemus meeting with Nnamdi Kanu with regards to Anambra elections. Instead, hold those meetings with the men in Asorock and demand that they give you something tangible, -something they consider a credible alternative to Biafra, promises and assurances, -to take back to your people. This is how to negotiate!
Stop giving your permission for Buhari to militarize Ala-Igbo with his occupying forces. Those soldiers are here not to protect but to kill and maim and treat Ndigbo like a conquered people.
Time for politics is over. Today, Ndigbo are facing grave existential challenges.
This is the time to borrow a leaf from Our Father, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, the Ohaneze Ndigbo PG and stand with your people because the truth is, Biafrans are like seed. Even when you bury them, they don't die, instead, they germinate. So when all this is over, rest assured, we will dis-remember Buhari and his fellow nightwalkers but we will forever remember your treachery and criminal complicity in our tragedy.
Remember, your Excellencies, no man, no matter how powerful, can make a private bargain with history.
Ndewonu, Umunna m, Charles Ogbu.
One way to rein in an Executive Governor who falls far short of the electorate's expectations is to set about an impeachment proceedings at The State House of Assembly. Move your State Houses of Assembly to do just that since your Governors are not in tacit support of your legitimate right to self determination. That should show it is indeed something the majority of Ndigbo want. Secondly, One expected you to also address your letter to all elected Federal and State Legislators and political appointees of IGBO extraction across party divides especially Senator Ekweremadu the Deputy Senate President and proceed to have them recalled since it is now pretty obvious they do not represent your interest for self determination which is about all Ndigbo cares about these days. That way the UN and the international community are bound to take you folks more seriously about self determination. You can't eat your cake and have it!
“I told my officers and men that my passion for this assignment means that if I have to dine with the devil with a long spoon to ensure that Lagosians live in peace and happiness, I will do so.”
According to Imohimi, his dream is to make Lagos state the safest city to live and do business in Africa.
“I intend to partner with everybody to ensure that Lagos is secured. Lagos is a cosmopolitan city, the issue of security is dynamic and of course, policing must also be dynamic, tomorrow (Wednesday), I would be rolling out my policing plan to achieve this. I want to thank the Lagos State Government for all the support they have been giving to the police. Without support both in terms of equipment, in terms of advocacy, there is no way the police would have been able to achieve what they have achieved within the short span of this administration of the incumbent governor. I appeal to his Excellency that that cooperation should continue. I want to assure His Excellency that during my own watch, he will have no cause for complaint or concern. We would serve the people of Lagos with all our heart and with all our might” he said.
The police boss advised criminals and hoodlums to steer clear off the state as it would no longer be conducive for them.
“I also use this opportunity to tell my colleagues here and I hope they would pass the information to their subordinates, issues of human right abuses, corruption, indiscipline generally, it would no longer be a slap on the wrist, the full weight of the law and police regulations would be meted out on anybody found wanting during my watch,” he warned.
This man just hit the ground with the left foot forward! Negotiate with and payoff criminals to stay out of Lagos! He was really desperate to be Lagos CP!! We'll see what becomes of your dinner date with the devil!
Benekruku: Who has tabled a proposal for a referendum? Your Governors, Senators, Legislators, Representatives, business moguls and the likes re not identifying with it and you blaming Nigeria for hindering it.
Follow due process and see if a referendum won't come.
Your Elites at the fore-front do not buy Biafra so why blame other tribes for hindering it?
The whole agitation is a backyard ideology.
Bullseye� Mockery is made of the Igbo move for self determination where their elites in politics, military, business, diaspora and ivory towers are not actively involved. The international committee is not about to create a country with the like of Nnamdi Kanu in political leadership- forget it! Regional, subregional and continental boil-over is certain to sign post a Biafra midwived by an Nnamdi Kanu!
eagleccentric: Sacrifice your british passport first. Bring it out and burn it publicly. Plus that of your wife and children. Bring them all back to Biafraland and then renounce your british citizenship then I will know you are talking business. I may even consider joining biafra sef..
#beyondrhetorics Mandela refused to leave the prison until he went from prison to palace. Burn the bridge behind and folks will know there, indeed, ain't no going back!
bamite: I wonder how you people expect to achieve biafra by insulting other tribes. Pointing out victimization and bias towards your region by the FG is the way to go, but throwing around insults on other tribes is just plain dumb.
Chinua Achebe had this to say -"There is no doubt at all that there is a strand in contemporary Igbo behavior that can offend; by its noisy exhibitionism and disregard for humility and quietness."
Vutseck: But arresting Arewa youths pose a security risk
talk of double standard .
Think deep. Very deeply. And you will understand that what the FG is saying is in the overall interest of Nigeria, all Nigerians and especially The IGBO who are found resident in every nook and cranny of the North of Nigeria. Raw, uncouth, hate and indecent language deployed by Nnamdi Kanu only serves to provoke intense dislike for him and folks whose interest he claims to be about. It'll be better for him to renounce all the hate speech ever he churned out and pursue his legitimate push for Biafra decently and in Order.
paiz: The major problem with the easterners is division among themselves. If all Igbos can come together without hating each other they will make progress
The Press Statement does not in any manner signpost a division amongst the Igbo on Nnamdi Kanu. It does, however, show that the discourse amongst the Igbo on him is getting to become more strategic and robust. Commendable.
Plot or no, we could not have survived one more year of that disaster of a leader under whose watch the ship of state drifted so directionlessly the then international community foresaw a calamitous disintegration in a few years. Thanks to God he didn't make it back and to worsen matters, he has no apologies for misgoverning Nigeria!
nengibo: Rivers state is heaven compared to Lagos where Ritual killings and cult related killings are reported daily in Lagos , so find another excuse for oil hq to be there.
Kazim88: UN office is at Geneva go and complain to them.
Your observation somewhat makes sense. Nigeria unlike the Igbo nation has not formally complained to the UN about the hate video. I should think coercive powers of State adequately takes care of it upon conviction in court. This hate video is some big piece of evidence against Nnamdi Kanu in the ongoing treasonable felony criminal matter at the Federal High Court. He clearly and in no unmistakable terms levied war against The Nigerian State.
234ng44uk: They replied in kind after Nnamdi Kanu advocated genocide for other Nigerians. When the shit is getting real, the hunch back coward starts to form non-violent agitation. His speech:
"if they fail to give is Bifra, Somalia will look like a paradise. We will kill anything in that zoo called Nigeria"
Very proactive step by The UN. Commendable. However The UN would be balancing the stakes and dealing with the matter wholistically by taking a position on the contents of this Nnamdi Kanu Video that threatened the life of all Nigerians and put the Igbo in the eye of the storm.
eclecticbaron: I see your point of view. But due to the prevailing economic scenario on ground I would rather he invest that sum in building a seaport whose revenue generation would surpass the 21 storey building in the long run too. Akwa Ibom state would open up big time commercially because of the presence of a seaport.Think of the numerous jobs that would spring up as a result of a seaport. If at all the state needs a 21 storey building as a liaison office it could be in the far future after more important things have been kept in place. This is more like the case of putting the cart before the horse. The state doesn't need this fancy house at this point in time.The govt should focus on projects that will draw investors directly into the state as well as creating jobs for the unemployed in the process. When Udom came into power he's mantra was 'industrialization' as Akpabios' was 'transformation'. Building a liaison office of that magnitude in Lagos doesn't constitute that. It's clear to the blind to see that this govt is looking for a nice avenue to siphon money...maybe 2019 is already loading.
eclecticbaron: If this story is true then Udom wouldn't be doing well at all. So this is how they want to loot the N10 billion from the Paris Club refund?! A state where the ordinary guy in the street is complaining bitterly on how things are rough...jobless graduates everywhere and you want to justify spending N10 bill on a structure in Lag which is obviously has no economic value to the state. What happened to building industries? Even putting that sort of cheddar in building a seaport would have been more useful because of the scale of employment it would create for Akwa Ibomites in particular and Nigerians in general I won't even talk about the revenue it would generate for the state. This is a pure case of misplaced priorities...Whom the gods would destroy they first make mad...the voice of the people is the voice of reason. Govt should re-assess this decision if at all it is true.
It's some kinda saving for the rainy day! A property of that magnitude in Lagos should take in rent revenue for AKS and huge profits if sold later.
"And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem. And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king's house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite? And David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in unto him, and he lay with her; for she was purified from her uncleanness: and she returned unto her house." Trouble is � looking out for you. �� Run!!!
"The National Assembly and the National Council of State are the legitimate and appropriate bodies for national discourse." Bullseye!! Over to Sen. Ekweremadu.
Fine. How nice it'll be if they gather in this manner whenever convicted and known but yet to be convicted polithiefcians are sighted in UK. #nameandshamefortheloveof country
For the first time ever since I got on the network years back I had issues opening emails and downloading videos. Not good. NCC holds the ace. NCC must act fast before the only network worth calling one in Nigeria goes the way of MTN in poor QOS.
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Yorubas are the people running this economy.