Major Gideon Orkar Coup Speech In April 1990

April 7, 2018

Fellow Nigerian Citizens,

On behalf of the patriotic and well-meaning peoples of the Middle Belt and the southern parts of this country, I , Major Gideon Orkar, wish to happily inform you of the successful ousting of the dictatorial, corrupt, drug baronish, evil man, deceitful, homo-sexually-centered, prodigalistic, un-patriotic administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.

We have equally commenced their trials for unabated corruption, mismanagement of national economy, the murders of Dele Giwa, Major-General Mamman Vasta, with other officers as there was no attempted coup but mere intentions that were yet to materialize and other human rights violations.

The National Guard already in its formative stage is disbanded with immediate effect. Decrees Number 2 and 46 are hereby abrogated. We wish to emphasize that this is not just another coup but a well-conceived, planned and executed revolution for the marginalized, oppressed and enslaved peoples of the Middle Belt and the south with a view to freeing ourselves and children yet unborn from eternal slavery and colonization by a clique of this country.

Our history is replete with numerous and uncontrollable instances of callous and insensitive dominatory repressive intrigues by those who think it is their birthright to dominate till eternity the political and economic privileges of this great country to the exclusion of the people of the Middle Belt and the south.

They have almost succeeded in subjugating the Middle Belt and making them voiceless and now extending same to the south.

It is our unflinching belief that this quest for domination, oppression and marginalization is against the wish of God and therefore, must be resisted with the vehemence.

Anything that has a beginning must have an end. It will also suffice here to state that all Nigerians without skeleton in their cupboards need not to be afraid of this change. However, those with skeleton in their cupboards have all reasons to fear, because the time of reckoning has come.

For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state the three primary reasons why we have decided to oust the satanic Babangida administration. The reasons are as follows:

(a) To stop Babangida’s desire to cunningly, install himself as Nigeria’s life president at all costs and by so doing, slowpoke the progress of this country for life. In order to be able to achieve this undesirable goals of his, he has evidently started destroying those groups and sections he perceived as being able to question his desires.

Examples of groups already neutralized, pitched against one another or completely destroyed are:

(1) The Sokoto caliphate by installing an unwanted Sultan to cause division within the hitherto strong Sokoto caliphate.

(2) The destruction of the peoples of Plateau State, especially the Lantang people, as a balancing force in the body politics of this country.

(3) The buying of the press by generous monetary favors and the usage of State Security Service, SSS, as a tool of terror.

(4) The intent to cow the students by the promulgation of the draconian decree Number 47.

(5) The cowing of the university teaching and non-teaching staff by an intended massive purge, using the 150 million dollar loan as the necessitating factor.

(6) Deliberately withholding funds to the armed forces to make them ineffective and also crowning his diabolical scheme through the intended retrenchment of more than half of the members of the armed forces.

Other pointers that give credence to his desire to become a life president against the wishes of the people are:

(1) His appointment of himself as a minister of defense, his putting under his direct control the SSS, his deliberate manipulation of the transition programme, his introduction of inconceivable, unrealistic and impossible political options, his recent fraternization with other African leaders that have installed themselves as life presidents and his dogged determination to create a secret force called the national guard, independent of the armed forces and the police which will be answerable to himself alone, both operationally and administratively.

It is our strong view that this kind of dictatorial desire of Babangida is unacceptable to Nigerians of the 1990’s, and, therefore, must be resisted by all.

Another major reason for the change is the need to stop intrigues, domination and internal colonization of the Nigerian state by the so-called chosen few. This, in our view, has been and is still responsible for 90 percent of the problems of Nigerians.

This indeed has been the major clog in our wheel of progress.

This clique has an unabated penchant for domination and unrivalled fostering of mediocrity and outright detest for accountability, all put together have been our undoing as a nation.

This will ever remain our threat if not checked immediately. It is strongly believed that without the intrigues perpetrated by this clique and misrule, Nigeria will have in all ways achieved developmental virtues comparable to those in Korea, Taiwan, Brazil, India, and even Japan.

Evidence, therefore, this cancerous dominance has as a factor constituted by a major and unpardonable clog in the wheel of progress of the Nigerian state. It is suffice to mention a few distasteful intrigues engineered by this group of Nigerians in recent past. These are:

(1) The shabby and dishonorable treatment meted on the longest serving Nigerian general in the person of General Domkat Bali, who in actual fact had given credibility to the Babangida administration.

(2) The wholesale hijacking of Babangida’s administration by the all-powerful clique.

(3) The disgraceful and inexplicable removal of Commodore Ebitu Ukiwe, Professor Tam David-West, Mr. Aret Adams and so on from office.

(4) The now-pervasive and on-going retrenchment of Middle Belt and southerners from public offices and their instant replacement by the favoured class and their stooges.

(5) The deliberate disruption of the educational culture and retarding its place to suit the favoured class to the detriment of other educational minded parts of this country.

(6) The deliberate impoverishment of the peoples from the Middle Belt and the south, making them working ghosts and feeding on the formulae of 0-1-1- or 0-0-0 while the aristocratic class and their stooges are living in absolute affluence on a daily basis without working for it.

(7) Other countless examples of the exploitative, oppressive, dirty games of intrigues of its class, where people and stooges that can best be described by the fact that even though they contribute very little economically to the well-being of Nigeria, they have over the years served and presided over the supposedly national wealth derived in the main from the Middle Belt and the southern part of this country, while the people from these parts of the country have been completely deprived from benefiting from the resources given to them by God.

( cool The third reason for the change is the need to lay a strong egalitarian foundation for the real democratic take off of the Nigerian state or states as they circumstances may dictate.

In the light of all the above and in recognition of the negativeness of the aforementioned aristocratic factor, the overall progress of the Nigerian state a temporary decision to excise the following states namely, Sokoto, Borno, Katsina, Kano and Bauchi states from the Federal Republic of Nigeria comes into effect immediately until the following conditions are met.

The conditions to be met to necessitate the re-absorption of the aforementioned states are as following:

(a) To install the rightful heir to the Sultanate, Alhaji Maccido, who is the people’s choice.

(b) To send a delegation led by the real and recognized Sultan Alhaji Maccido to the federal government to vouch that the feudalistic and aristocratic quest for domination and operation will be a thing of the past and will never be practiced in any part of the Nigeria state.

By the same token, all citizens of the five states already mentioned are temporarily suspended from all public and private offices in Middle Belt and southern parts of this country until the mentioned conditions above are met.

They are also required to move back to their various states within one week from today. They will, however, be allowed to return and joint the Federal Republic of Nigeria when the stipulated conditions are met.

In the same vein, all citizens of the Middle Belt and the south are required to come back to their various states pending when the so-called all-in-all Nigerians meet the conditions that will ensure a united Nigeria. A word is enough for the wise.

This exercise will not be complete without purging corrupt public officials and recovering their ill-gotten wealth, since the days of the oil boom till date. Even in these hard times, when Nigerians are dying from hunger, trekking many miles to work for lack of transportation, a few other Nigerians with complete impunity are living in unbelievable affluence both inside and outside the country.

We are extremely determined to recover all ill-gotten wealth back to the public treasury for the use of the masses of our people. You are all advised to remain calm as there is no cause for alarm. We are fully in control of the situation as directed by God. All airports, seaports and borders are closed forthwith.

The former Armed Forces Ruling Council is now disbanded and replaced with National Ruling Council to be chaired by the head of state with other members being a civilian vice-head of state, service chiefs, inspector general of police, one representative each from NLC, NUJ, NBA, and NANS.

A curfew is hereby imposed from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. until further notice. All members of the armed forces and the police forces are hereby confined to their respective barracks.

All unlawful and criminal acts by those attempting to cause chaos will be ruthlessly crushed. Be warned as we are prepared at all costs to defend the new order.

All radio stations are hereby advised to hook on permanently to the national network programme until further notice.

Long live all true patriots of this great country of ours. May God and Allah through his bountiful mercies bless us all”.

April 22,1990.
Lagos,Nigeria.
MAJOR GIDEON ORKAH

We Will Die With TY Danjuma-Middle Belt Forum

bvichannel1

April 7, 2018

Our attention has been drawn to some thoightless and careless statements made by the Nigerian Army and the Sharia Council of Nigeria against the Elder Statesman and Philanthropist, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma (Rtd).

Gen. T. Y. Danjuma had on the 24th March, 2018 at a convocation of the Taraba State Unibersity, Jalingo berated the Nigerian Army for colluding with the Fulani herdsmen to carry out genocide and ethnic cleansing agenda in the Middle Belt Region and some some other parts of Nigeria.

It is important to note that, the Nigeria Army admitted to the crime but stated that complaints received were from outside Taraba State. But does it really matter? The fact remains that the Army colluded with the Fulani herdsmen/bandits to kill, maim and rape women in our communities. In some of the places they carried out these heinous crimes, they took over the houses, farm lands and communal villages of the victims and occupied same. So if this is not ethnic cleansing, what is it?

In Numan, Adamawa State, the herdsmen severally invaded a number of communities; deliberately targeting and killing their district heads and other traditional rulers and burning down their towns and villages (as happened in Dong District). When the vigilante rose to the occasion to defend and roll back the ivaders of their land during one of such attacks, the herdsmen ran and hid inside the Savannah Sugar Plantation. The vigilante surrounded the plantation so as to arrest them. But all of a sudden the Nigerian Air force fighter jet arrived and bombed the local vigilante group to enable the herdsmen to escape. Pray, what do we call this type of aerial cover to killer criminals other than government-aided genocide?
In Southern Kaduna, the case is not any different. Some of their choice their choice lands and villages have been taken over after the Autochthonous people of the lands had been completely annihilated. If this is not ethnic cleansing, what is it called?
As we write this, most parts of 5 local government areas of plateau state have been overran and their choice lands/villages similarly taken over. The local government in which such unprovoked invasions took place include:
Jos North
Barkin Ladi
Riyom
Wase
Bokkos.

Of recent, Benue state became visibly the worst hit. The new year gift they got on the 1st January, 2018 was the massacre of over seventy (70) of the local people. And since the mass burial of seventy three unarmed and innocent people of that state in one of such attacks, over a hundred people have further been murdered in cold blood, even as we write this piece. And as it has been the killer herssmen’s trademark, they had some of the natibes’ lands and homes taken over and are still living there to date. We ask again, what do you called this type of genocide other than ethnic cleansing?

As of today, nobody is safe in the middle Belt; Kogi State recently came under attacks by this same terrorists called Fulani herdsmen. In this case, a traditional ruler, his wife and children were killed. On the whole, over fifty (50) people lost their lives in the attacks that took place in Omala, Dekina and Bassa Local Government Areas. But what is even more amazing is that s oldiers practically blocked youths/vigilantes from Abejokolo from rescuing those at Agbenema for the hours the genocide lasted. And till now, the Government of the Federation has not issue any statement to condemn the killings, how much less the Presdent visiting the scenes. We once again asked, what should we call this?
As it stands today, no one in this cultural Region is safe. From Numan to Mambilla, Brinin Gwari to Iseluku, Ondo to Ogone’nigu, Guma to Southern Kaduna; no community is is safe! For, the Fulani herdsmen appear to have the license to kill, main and takeover other peples’ lands at will. Even such a conclusion can be deduced from the comments made by the Minister of Defence, the Inspector General of Police and the official confirmation by the Commander In Chief that, he didn’t know the Inspector General of police refused to carry out his orders. We ask once more, is that same man still occupying the office as Inspector General of Police after such a summit revelation?

Another question is do we, as Nigerians, have any constitutional rights to self-defense? since the first natural rule of life existence for any living organism or a community thereof is that of SELF-PRESERVATION, do we have the right to defend ourlives? If yes, what is wrong when Gen. T. Y. Danjuma merely reminded us that, look, don’t fold your hands while you die (like chickens) one by one? If we have the right to defend yourselves, the Elder statesman and war hero only reminded us of our constitutional responsibilities as citizens. To us, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma deserves a National Honour for his timely call for to save lives, rather than the castigations from any quarter except, perhaps, by the actual sponsors of the killer Fulani herdsmen. And it is for this reason we demand herewith that the Nigerian Army and the so-called Sharia Council of Nigeria to withdraw their negative comments against this great Leader and Patriot par excellence. Failure to do so within the next twenty-eight (28) days from the date of this publication will leave us with no option than to sue them for libel and character assassination because that is what their comments amount to.

Finally, we herewith restate that we stand by our leader General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd) on this matter urge our people to rightly prepare to defend themselves when attacked since government security apparatuses (that are supposed to protect us) are not neutral or at best look the other way as we are attacked and killed.

(Bala J Takaya)
National President, Middle Belt Forum

(Dr Ben Dikki)
National Secretary, Middle Belt Forum

(Dr Isuwa Dogo)
National Director of Publicity, Middle Belt Forum

Online Poll on what We actually want In Nigeria

bvichannel1

April 7, 2018

BVI Channel 1 online is conducting an online poll on what Ndigbo/Biafrans actually want in Nigeria .As at today,Biafra Referendum has got the highest votes.Other options are Unity,Nigeria Break Up,Restructuring,The final result will be announced by 30th May.Let your vote count now.Click on https://bvichannel1.com/bvi-poll/ to vote.

Ndubuisi For BVI Channel 1 Online

Nigeria Minister Faces Sack Over Unethical Behaviour

bvichannel1

April 7, 2018

For asking what appears to the officials of the Federal Ministry of Education a hate-filled question, I was asked to leave the venue of the 19th Stakeholders Meeting on Unity Schools/Colleges. The order came in such an uncharitable, direct and malevolent manner! It matched the same venom that gave vent to it. I was not allowed to pick up my files and say a few words to colleagues. I must leave, and leave immediately within split seconds.

What did I say?

Priscilla Ihuoma, the spokesman of the Minister has just announced what appeared to me, the information that brought me to Abuja. I was waiting for this announcement. I got it. I predicted the minister. She played into my hands. I had waited for an opportunity to share my thoughts on my hatred, opposition and stance against Unity Schools and the injustice in Nigerian education system. I missed the opportunity in 2016 and 2017 to present my views. Then, the meeting was a hushed one. This time around, we were told the meeting would drag to two days. And stakeholders who have views could easily share them as the Minister would entertain such.

Mrs Ihuoma, the announced the breakdown of the registrations for the 2018 Common Entrance Examinations. A total of 71, 294 young boys and girls were registered for the examination, a little shortfall from the 81,930 that registered in 2017. Lagos State hit the top with 24,465, FCT came next with 7, 699. Of course you know why? Igbos in Lagos and FCT are included! Then, she murmured a well rehearsed statement: Zamfara 28, Kebbi 50, Taraba 95. These three states came first from behind.

She went ahead to tell us the obvious: that the nation has 104 unity schools; that most of these unity schools dont get up to their carrying capacity; A budget, running into billions of naira goes into their maintenance each year and that The Unity Schools take up to 45% of the budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Education.

I was bitter. I was overtly burning with rage and hate. I couldn’t wait for the question and answer session. I did all I could to get hold of the microphone and finally, I got to the aisle, looked directly to the raised table and heaved a sigh of relief. I glanced through my notes and let loose the canons:

Why do we have 12 Unity Schools in the East where more than 50% of candidates come from? Mr Minister, why are kids from Igboland not given admission to those Unity schools that don’t get up to their quota/carrying capacity? Honorable Minister, can you explain why A young girl from Imo state,seeking admission into any of the country’s 104 Federal Government Colleges (Unity Schools) must score 139 points out of a possible 300 to stand a chance of being taken. But her counterpart from Zamfara state only needs to guess two answers right?.Why does the young boy from Abia be denied admission even when he scores 198 while his counterpart from Gombe who merely wrote the examination ( but scored zero) is allowed to study in any unity school of his choice? Why do we have only 2 Igbo principals in the 105 Unity schools in Nigeria? Does this reflect intellectual preparedness or merely a reflection of the wishes of the leadership of the nation and that of the ministry? Why must the federal government set up a well funded advocacy team to persuade villagers, traditional rulers in North and clergy to encourage their citizens to send their wards to unity colleges while efforts are not made to accommodate thousands of kids from the East who are denied admission yearly. Our Minister, I hope you are aware that Last year, Nigeria’s four Federal Government Colleges did not produce a single candidate that scored five credits that included English and Mathematics, needed to gain admission into the university.

Hon Minister, i hope you are aware that, Federal Government Girls’ College, Bajoga (Gombe State); FGGC, Bauchi (Bauchi State); FGGC Gboko (Benue State), and the Federal Science and Technical College, Kafanchan (in Kaduna State) did not produce a single pupil with credits in English and Mathematics.

Honorable minister, I hope you are aware that In 2013, human rights lawyer and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Dr. Olisa Agbakoba, filed a suit at a Federal High Court in Lagos over admission inequality in Federal Government Colleges. The court declared as unconstitutional, the decades-long state-based, quota system admission into federal government colleges. John Tsoho, the trial Judge, in his ruling declared that the action of the Minister of Education in prescribing and applying different requirements for candidates seeking admission into unity schools is in violation of Section 42(1) of the 1999 Constitution. If this is the case, and definitely that is the case, Why, does the Minstry of Education under you refuse to adher to the court ruling?

Why does, Zamfara State, with 28 candidates for the 2018 common entrance examination have three Unity Schools, while my state of Imo has only two!!! Why do we have three Unity schools in Taraba ( that has only 95 students this year) while Enugu State has only two. Hon. Minister, I can go on and on to…

It was at this point that heavens was let loose. Stop there!!! Voices form the elevated table raged. It was amidst claps and jeers, heckles and clear disapproval from those whose benefits have been threatened; acclamation from those whose grievances have been let loose, that i was ordered and whisked away from the ICC, venue of the stakeholders meeting. No harm befell on me. I retired to my hotel room, got enough rest and made a Lagos-bound journey. I am sure, the organizers wouldn’t invite me to subsequent meetings. But who cares?

From Dr. Modestus Ezenwa.

Nnia Nwodo-Resign Now or .. Ohanaeze Youths

bvichannel1

April 7, 2018

A fresh crisis appears to have hit the Igbo apex group Ohanaeze Ndigbo as its youth wing, said that the President General of the body, Chief Nnia Nwodo has lost the leadership mantle he was given and is now bent on leading Ndigbo to a political deadend.

They stated this in a statement issued and signed by Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, President General, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Wing and Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, Secretary General.

The youths therefore called Ndigbo to rise and stop Nwodo before he commits political suicide that would burn the hands and identities of Ndigbo.

They urged articulate youths and wise elders, as well as technocrats to rise up to rescue Ohanaeze Ndigbo from Nwodo’s clique and save the Igbo nation from political suicide.

“Imagine, out of 24-man executives of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, Nwodo uses an illegal organ of Forum of States’ Presidents against the Constitution of Ohanaeze to subdue, intimidate and humiliate other Ohanaeze Ndigbo executives members.”

They also alleged that he has formed a cabal, and is now constituting a menace against the democratically-elected members of Ohanaeze youths and women.

According to them, “the Ohanaeze Youth Wing, OYW, is presently at the receiving end of Nwodo’s political forays and not in a haste to adopt or support any presidential candidate to avoid a repeat of the Igbo’s 2015 choice that has not done them any good.

“Igbo youths would like to have answers to the gross inequalities in Nigerian nationality, because we believe in popular governance as the name Ohanaeze Ndigbo elicits. We would like the Igbo leaders of thoughts and Southeast Governors to in league with Ohanaeze Ndigbo show the way before we can endorse any presidential candidate.

“We, hereby, pass a vote of no confidence on Chief Nnia Nwodo and his Ohanaeze Ndigbo presidency and give him seven days to appear before the Ohanaeze disciplinary committee to explain and answer for his political infidelity against Igbo.”

Reacting to the allegations levelled against Nwodo, the General Secretary of Ohaneze Ndigbo, Uche Okwukwu said that any decision taken by Ohaneze stands to be ratified by the Imo-Obi, the apex organ of the Igbo, which periodically meet to take decisions that affect the interest of Ndigbo.

“The decision to dissolve the youth and women wing and elect new ones was the decision taken at Ime-Obi, it was not a NEC decision. The youth and women wings have been dissolved and they will soon start selling forms for those who want to contest to come forward and buy forms.

On the issue of giving him an ultimatum to appear before a disciplinary committee, I don’t think that they have the power to do that because they have been dissolved. The youths and women wing of Ohaneze does not exist and so they cannot give ultimatum to anybody to appear before any committee . They are hereby cautioned and told to desist from instigating people, if they want to contest election , they should wait and buy form when the time comes and if they win, they will be seen as the democratically elected officers of the body”.

SOURCE :SUN

Again, herdsmen kill 5 in Gen Danjuma State

bvichannel1

April 6, 2018

Barely 12 hours after armed herdsmen attacked and killed a family four in Mbayi village, Takum Local Government Area, again, herdsmen, have killed five people in neighbouring Donga Local Government Area of the state.

They were killed in the early hours of yesterday, according to the state’s Police/Public Relations Officer, ASP David Misal, who confirmed the attack.

He said four bodies have, so far, been recovered but operatives are combing the area to effect any possible arrest and ensure quick return of normalcy.

However, a resident, Mr. Henry Ianna, told Daily Sun on telephone that the attackers, numbering over 30, invaded Utile community, along Donga – Isha road, and killed five people.

“The attackers came in the early hours of today (Thursday) when people were still asleep and started shooting.

“The attacks have now spread to Shaakaa village and so far, five corpses have been recovered and the attacks are still ongoing, as we speak (yesterday).

“The casualty figure may rise as shooting is still going on. The areas under attack are still volatile so we could not go into other places, for fear of being attacked and you know the attacks began at night when people were still asleep, so, there is tendency that more bodies could be recovered,” he said.

Ianna added that hundreds of people are fleeing the troubled spots to Donga, headquarters of the local government, for safety.

Source :Sun

Extortion In Ondo State-Pregnant Women Danced Naked

bvichannel1

April 6, 2018

Pregnant women in Akure, the Ondo State capital, yesterday protested what they described as outrageous medical bill at the state Specialist Hospital, Akure.

The protesters complained that the hospital and other government-owned hospitals now charge N25,000 for delivery, while Caesarian Session goes for N50,000 in the hospitals.

Some pregnant women, who spoke with newsmen alleged that other unjustified charges, ranging from N500 to N4,000, were being collected by the hospital’s officials.

They appealed to Governor Rotimi Akeredolu to reverse the charges and also call health officials in the state to order.

The expectant mothers numbering about 150 disrupted operations at the ante-natal section of the hospital while the protest lasted.

Pregnant women and their children below five years enjoyed free medical services under previous administration of former governor Olusegun Mimiko.

Also, residents of the four local government areas of Akoko division, who visited the State Specialist Hospital in Ikare-Akoko yesterday, lamented what they also described as outrageous medical bill.

Our Reporters gathered that the list of the new bill was posted openly in all departments and wards in the hospital.

It was learnt that the charges for caesarian operation had gone up by 100 percent, while emergency department and children wards were not spared.

One of the protesters, who identified herself as Adebayo, told newsmen that the ‘outrageous medical bill’ has forced most of them to resort to traditional midwives and private hospitals.

Meanwhile, the state government has denied hiking childbirth fees.

Commissioner for Health, Wahaab Adegbenro, while reacting to yesterday’s protest said the women were misled.

“I have addressed them personally. I went there to address them and allay their fears.

“It was a false rumour. Somebody was just trying to be funny somewhere; the information was not correct, we are yet to increase any fee,” he told newsmen.

Source : Sun

Blood In Benue-Ten Killed by Fulani Herdsmen

bvichannel1

April 6, 2018

Ten people were feared killed by Fulani herdsmen in Mbakyondo, Mbakpa and Sengaev communities in Agagbe District of Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State, yesterday.

Sources from the area told newsmen that herdsmen stormed the communities at about 2:00am on Wednesday, and shot sporadically; in all directions.

Many villagers were said to have been killed in their sleep and several others injured. Several houses were also said to have been razed by the invading herdsmen.

Our Reporters gathered that the invasion may not be unconnected with the alleged clash between some youths in Mbakpa community and some Fulani herdsmen in the area early this week.

It was further gathered that during the clash, one Fulani herder was missing even as the development led to exodus of locals from the community for fear of a reprisal.

Speaking with newsmen, Commissioner of Police in the state, Fatai Owoseni, who confirmed the clash, said the police command is already in talks with the leadership of Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and the body of herders on the matter.

“Gwer West Local Government in Mbakpa community woke up to a report that the youths in that community led an attack on some herdsmen in the area. There is now an exodus of members of the community into Naka town for fear of a reprisal.

“We are still talking with leaders of herdsmen in that area to ascertain the level of casualty. We heard that one of the herdsmen is missing and we immediately got in touch with leadership of MACBAN and the body of herders in order to douse and prevent an escalation of anything that could come as reprisal.

The commissioner, who warned that his command will not tolerate any form of self help, urged the general public to report any form of security threat in their areas, instead of taking laws into their hands.”

source :sun

Three Options To Achieve Biafra-Barr Emeka Emekesri

bvichannel1

April 6, 2018

OPTION 1- Military Method

This involves violence and destruction of lives and properties. The International Community does not support war and violence anymore. It was used in 1967 – 1970 when Biafra declared its independence and Nigeria declared war against Biafra. It is necessary to emphasise that the Biafrans did not declare war in 1967 but only declared their independence. It was Nigeria that declared war against the Biafrans to force them back into Nigeria against their will. The effect of that war has crippled both Nigeria and Biafra up to this day. War is an ill-wind that blows no good to anyone. The Biafrans have
therefore rejected the option of war in the present dispensation.

OPTION 2 -LEGISLATIVE POWER

This is the use of Legislative Power. This would have been very easy if the Biafrans had enough representatives and enough seats in the National Assembly. Oddly enough, when we prepared the Bill for Independence or Referendum to be passed in the National Assembly, there was no Biafran activist in the National Assembly to present the Bill and move the Motion. I was informed that the people who started the Biafran Independence
Struggle about 17 years ago said that the Biafrans were not Nigerians and therefore should not be involved in the Nigerian politics and census. They did not know the difference between the Indigenous Identity of a people and their Citizenship or Nationality. Worse still, the people of the South East have only 5 States with 15 senatorial seats while the other geopolitical zones have 6 and 7 States with 18 and 21 senatorial seats respectively. The votes of 15 senators from the South East will not be enough to push through the Biafra Bill of Independence or Bill of Referendum in the National Assembly assuming that
the Senators decided to become pro-Biafra activists. We have heard about some Biafrans calling for a Referendum. It is a very good method of achieving Independence but how shall we get the Bill of Referendum passed in the National Assembly?

It appears that many people have not yet understood the extent of political
enslavement into which the Nigerian Government has put the Biafrans and their
neighbours. Let me explain it in simple terms: The National Assembly is made
up of the two Houses- The House of Representatives and the House of Senate.
There are six geopolitical zones in Nigeria- three zones in the North and three
zones in the South. Two zones in the South have 6 States each and one has 5
States being 17 States in the South. Two zones in the North have 6 States each
and one has 7 States being 19 States in the North. Every State has three
senatorial seats. Therefore the South will produce 51 senatorial seats while the
North will produce 57. Of all the members of the House of Representatives, 192
are from the North while 168 are from the entire South (South East, South-
South and South West combined). This means that in the National Assembly,
the North has 249 members while the whole South has 219 members.
Therefore, there is no way the South can push through any contentious Bill in
the National Assembly unless they can succeed in lobbying some members
from the North. How possible can the Bill of Referendum sail through? The
Scottish people had enough MPs in the House of Commons in England and
succeeded in passing the Bill of Referendum for Independence of Scotland,
even though they lost. Therefore we considered that the second option, though
very good, was not possible in the Biafran case even if all the senators and
lawmakers of the South East and South-South combined their votes in the
National Assembly. We do not discourage the group of Biafrans advocating for
a Referendum. It is possible that they have a secret to pass the Bill of
Referendum in the National Assembly. I must however advise that for a
Referendum to be binding on the Nigerian Government, it must satisfy the rule
of law that creates a social contract.

OPTION 3-JUDICIAL POWER

The third option is the use of Judicial Power and Diplomacy. It involves human
rights litigation and diplomatic negotiations both at national and international
levels. The Nigerian Law, Cap 10 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 1990,
provides for the right of self-determination. The Nigerian Judiciary has the
power to enforce the law because it is Nigerian law. At the international level, it
was by judicial power that Nigeria was compelled by the International Court of
Justice (ICJ) to give up their claim over Bakassi. Today, the Bakassi Peninsula
is no longer a Nigerian territory but Cameroonian. Recently, when President
Mohammadu Buhari visited Cameroon and had a meeting with the Nigerians
living in Cameroon, the question was thrown to him as to the status of Bakassi.
He emphasised that Nigeria would abide by the ruling of the International Court
of Justice. In his own words, he said as follows: “Since Nigeria allowed the
case to go to Court (ICJ), and we lost, we have to abide by it”. The truth is that
nobody and no government is above the law.
The present case of Biafra v Nigeria in the Federal High Court Owerri and now moved to Abuja may end up in the International Court of Justice if the party that loses in the Nigerian
Court decides to go on appeal. By the judicial principle of stare decisis, the
section of the Nigerian Constitution which provides that Nigeria shall be
indivisible and indissoluble has been overridden by the Powers of the Judiciary
as it could not stop Bakassi from being removed from Nigeria. The Map of
Nigeria has been redrawn and reduced in size by reason of the removal of
Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria. Just as Bakassi Peninsula was removed from
Nigeria by judicial power, it is our strong legal opinion that Biafra shall also be
removed from Nigeria by judicial power.
w to
bring action in the ICJ on behalf of the Palestinians just as Bilie Human Rights
Initiative has been recognised by the UN with power to represent the Biafrans.
By the rule of international law, if the Biafrans do not obtain justice within the
Nigerian jurisdiction, they have the right to appeal to the International Court of
Justice.

APC and PDP MUST QUIT POLITICS!- OBASANJO

bvichannel1

April 2, 2018

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday reiterated that neither the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) nor opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has the capacity to chart Nigeria on a different course, economically and as a society.

He said that, in spite of reforms being undertaken by the APC-led Federal Government and apologies by opposition PDP for failing Nigerians during its time in power, both parties lack the vision and wherewithal to take Nigeria to the next level.

Obasanjo characterised the current government as not “competent, effective and performing”, but that there are good people in both major political parties in spite of the failures he pointed out.

The former President spoke at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library (OOPL), Abeokuta, while receiving a joint delegation from Nigeria Young Professionals Forum (NYPF) and New Nigeria 2019.

The two groups, led by Moses Siasia and China Anyaso, had visited the ex-President to consult him on the state of the nation and assure him of their preparedness to respond to his call for a popular movement.

He argued that the current administration would not have been voted into power if there were no challenges to address.

Obasanjo noted that only a political party with a strong and popular grassroots movement can bring about desired change, sustainability and stability in Nigeria.

While charging the groups on the need to wrest power from those he termed the “power addicts”, Obasanjo advocated for a virile grassroots movement where Nigerians can come together and form a formidable force which could not be intimidated or divided.

He equally charged citizens not to be afraid of facing challenges in their quest to effect desired change, noting that “when you have an ineffective and incompetent government, we are all victims.”

In his remarks, the former President explained that:

“For us to make it, we need all hands on deck. You see, I have publicly said, and I mean it, that as a party, neither PDP nor APC can get us there. Never mind about reforms and apology and all that. And yet we have to get there. I asked one of the foundation members of PDP, the PDP when we started, was it a grassroots party? He said it was an elitist party. Really, we have never had the so-called grassroots party. Even NEPU, which we could say is the nearest, was not a grassroot enough. And I believe strongly that we must have a strong popular grassroots movement to bring about the change, sustainability and stability that we need in our democracy and development.

“I am happy to meet with you but don’t take anything for granted. There will be a lot of work that we have to do. What those I call ‘power addicts’ would want to do is to divide you based on gender, age, tribe, religion and region. You have one commonality – the interest of Nigeria. And it doesn’t matter where you come from. We had that interest. The truth is this: when you have an ineffective and incompetent government, we are all victims. And don’t let anybody deceive you. Those of you who are in business, your business could have been better today if we have a competent and effective and performing government. As I said, stop giving excuses… If there are no challenges, then we wouldn’t need you to come. You come in because you know there are challenges and then giving us excuse that you have many challenges, that is why you haven’t achieved results. And then you still want to go. The first lesson I learnt in my military training is never reinforce failure. What we have now is failure. Never you reinforce failure. Let failure be failure. And if you do not see what you should see, you will then be a victim of what you don’t like because it’s only when you see what you should see and you do what you should do that you put away what you do not like. And if you don’t see what you should see and you don’t do what you should do, you will be a victim of what you don’t like.

“But let us bring together all these movements because we are pursuing the same thing. If we allow ourselves to be taken piecemeal, it is finished. Yes, I said you cannot take PDP as it is and APC as it is; but they are not all made of evil people. There are good people. I said PDP is a leprous hand, APC is leprous hand, but there are some clean fingers in them. So, let’s take those clean fingers in them and graft the clean fingers in our own. That is the way to go, and if we go that way, we will get there, we will move together, and we will move fast and we will move far,” Obasanjo stated.

1...471472473...544 Page 472 of 544