Ibrahim Balarabe, Public Affairs Unit of Nigeria’s own Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) wants us to believe the organisation is not selective; his article regarding the conducts of the EFCC leaves room for questions and concerns. Balarabe’s rhetoric’s and sermon concerning the activities of this million, if not billion naira waste of tax payers hard earned cash leaves a pungent taste, all the writer succeeded in doing was spotlight this arcane organisation that has become nothing more than an instrument in the Dane gun, cutlass and sharia politics that Nigeria has now belittled itself to.  

I wonder what EFCC staff like Balarabe do during working hours when they are not wasting government time engaging in cyber arguments, while using taxpayers resources like the internet and EFCC email addresses for their own private use. A so-called transparent organisation would be expected to have best practices of how employees use internet and email resources. 

One might ask why the EFCC have failed to make major arrests and prosecutions in a country like Nigeria, ranked the 2^nd most corrupt country in the world, atop the fact that we are constantly reminded in the news of one scam or the other in all arms of government from federal to local government, not only has the EFCC been presented with evidence by the international community of previous and present acts of corruption by many leaders, the EFCC is aware of monies stashed in faraway lands by past and serving military and civilian leaders.  

An organisation in a country like Nigeria rife with scammers, corrupt politicians and treasury looters, yet the EFCC has managed to make a few Fabian Usoji and Tafa Balogun type arrests. This is nothing less than shame for an organisation that continues to parade itself to the world as “fighting Nigeria’s economic crimes” 

The organisation does not deem it fit to go after the Babangidas, Tony Anenihs, ex military and civilians sole Administrators, governors, Ministers and those who still serve in government today and continue to observe the business as usual culture of thievery; The EFCC instead spends time chasing petty 419 suspects and internet café users, they have not managed to scratch the surface of that particular crime either. When they are not chasing small timers they engage in harassing political opponents of the current government.  

The catalogues of cases of impunity is growing, the Chris UBA’s and Adedibu’s of Nigeria politics are not only rubbing it in the eyes of the EFCC but continue to dare Nigerian’s daily with absolution. The Babangidas and Umaru Dikkos of the Swiss bank and silo pedigree still continue to lord over the government under the watchful eyes of the EFCC. We are nowhere close to stopping corruption in Nigeria as we are of redeeming the reputation of the EFCC. 

Nigerians may be passive but they are not so stupid as not to see another waste of resources that will produce nothing more than a typical police fraud unit based at Alagbon would. The EFCC did not succeed in removing Nigeria’s reputation as 2nd most corrupt country in the world because they are busy helping Obasanjo attack political opponents and anti-3^rd term activists. 

The EFCC estimates that £220 billion was squandered from the time of independence to this day but shamefully say they have only recovered $1 billion, the perpetrators of these criminalities live in peace amongst us and continue to taunt Nigerians with their comeback to government moves, yet the EFCC does nothing to investigate and prosecute these criminals. The EFCC instead spend its time raiding internet cafes and harassing anyone who falls out with the government, in the process acting like the financial arm of the OPC. We are treated everyday to one press conference or workshop of how Nigerian leaders have squandered our resources.  

In one such wasteful display of time and taxpayers money titled “Curbing Economic Crime in Emerging Economies: Challenges and Options” Ribadu’s boss, President Obasanjo, described corruption as a subject which has “caused Nigerian so much pain and challenges the essence of our very existence as a nation”  

Perhaps Obasanjo should take a lesson from that line when he chose to ignore the 300 billion naira misappropriation of public funds by his former minister of works and housing and PDP henchman, Chief Tony “Mr Fix it” Anenih, all this under the watchful eyes of Nigerians best, the EFCC! They would have us believe that the EFCC is not selective, and we all know Tony Anenih has no immunity.  

Bode George is still walking the streets of Nigeria without a care in the world after the financial atrocities committed by the man during his time at the Nigerian ports authority, but OBJ has the effrontery to tell us his negotiations with the Paris club was affected by “Nigeria’s corruption profile and negative perception was a factor that complicated its arguments and prolonged the negotiations” If the EFCC had decided to follow up on people like Bode George, that may have helped a bit with the negotiations. Where are the Ibrahim Balarabes of EFCC when one needs one? 

Obasanjo and the EFCC sat out the putrid display of financial godfather-ism in Anambra and Oyo states, where 2 motor park type petty hoodlums, Chris Uba and Alhaji Adedibu turned those states into lawless fiefdoms and decided that all assets of Government don’t belong to the people but in their individual pockets. The EFCC have yet to make a public statement on the issues, so the criminals now go even further by using State Government monies for buying luxury gifts for their foot soldiers and continue to allocate contracts to them in any manner they please. I was made to believe petty 419 internet café users are more priority for the EFCC than the Adedibus and Ubas of Nigeria.  

With all these going on, the president and his EFCC wants Nigerian to “first re-orientate themselves” in the fight against corruption, he does not want to be the vanguard but rather pass the buck not to himself and his crime fighting organisation but to us. He wants a “spirit of total and undiluted opposition to corruption and any criminal conduct” Nigerians must not do as he and the EFCC does but what they say, the EFCC can sit tight and watch him bribe the national assembly on many occasions; they can watch the extra-judicial killings of political opponents, probing of former allies, observe 55% of all corruption happen in the presidency, allow no-immunity government officials who are in the good books of OBJ, siphon public funds and get away with it as long as they stay in check.  

In one seminar, Malam Ribadu Said…

“In the year 2003, the incidence of corruption and moral failure had affected virtually every facet of our society and that in the 80s and 90s; corruption became manifestly ingrained and institutionalized in Nigeria’s body-politics. Criminals and fraudsters operated recklessly due to their positions or influence in the society”

If we are to go by the chairman’s statement, Nigeria has come a long way from that situation; can we simply ask him what has changed since the emergence of the EFCC?  

Ghana must go bags are still being passed around in the national assembly, a few miles from his office, the attorney general, highest law man in Nigeria was murdered under the EFCC’s watch, ministers are bribing lawmakers to confirm their appointments, state government budgets are being exchanged from naira to foreign currencies in the black market and shipped out of the country, other inspector generals before and after Tafa Balogun are still wallowing in their ill gotten wealth, ministers other than Fabian Usoji and Osomo are still in “business as usual” mode, I am still receiving 419 emails in my inbox everyday, most of government corruption is still happening in the presidency and Nigeria is still the 2^nd most corrupt country in the world.  

But the Chairman wants us to believe his efforts are being dwarfed by criminals “soliciting for assistance or favour from top government officials, traditional rulers and prominent or eminent people in the society, requesting them to intervene on their behalf, the alleged criminals also influence their family members, friends and associates to put undue pressure on the Commission” If that is the case is he and his expensive organisation effective in combating financial crime in Nigeria? I believe in one of his sermons a while back he made us understand that no matter how highly placed a person is they are not above the law. It is rubber stamped on the front page of his website anyway. 

If the EFCC managed to escape more serious embarrassment then it is the lack of amendment of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, especially and particularly section 308 (immunity from prosecution) that has speared them the ordeal, for if the amendment was made then Ribadu and his boys will still be selective of who they prosecute. If this organisation cannot successfully recover stolen wealth from corrupt ministers like Tony Anenih and Dalhatu who have no immunity then what chance have they of prosecuting state governors, regardless of lack of immunity?  

We don’t need Ibrahim Balarabe and the EFCC Establishment Act of the year 2004 to tell us how this ineffective, selective and over priced waste of tax payer money operates, It might be cheaper to use “Mr fix it” to eliminate all potential enemies of the government than use a government parastatal to do the dirty work. The EFCC cannot account for a reduction in crime in Nigeria; they have failed and continue to do so woefully on a daily basis. All we have to do is observe the indices, catalogue of abuse and wanton display of corruption in all arms of government and in the private sector of Nigeria.  

Illegal bunkering still continue in the Niger Delta region, aided by top government untouchables, Terrorism and pogrom is still committed whenever possible by Islamic fundamentalist in northern Nigeria, cyber-crime-Nigeria is rampant and a regular occurrence in cyberspace and still emanating from Nigeria, advance fee fraud is nowhere near stopping and more Nigerians are seeing scam as a major career move, banking fraud is no where near stopping. Corrupt economic governance cannot be eradicated as long as the perpetrators are friends with Aso Rock. 

Ben Oghre
Co. Wexford, Ireland

Robot  # 1 | 13.05.2006 12:37

...Read the full article.

Watchman  # 2 | 13.05.2006 18:02

Ordinarily I would not have responded to this article but I really feel constrained to do so. The managers of this site need to try and raise the standard of the content they allow to be published so as not to discourage visitors. This article is an example of material that should not be published, we seem to be getting alot them in recent times. It is full of inaccuracies and emotional diatribes, and worst of all, is not saying anything new. All that was said here should have been put as a comment under some other more though out article. Please when we write let us stick to issues in which we have a proper understanding and factual information. We need articles that will inform, educate, and entertain; products that will add value to us readers as we spend our precious time on this site. Comments to the writer: Go and read the EFCC enabling law, find out the circumstances under which investigations can be carried out, the requirements and procedures that need to be followed. Organisations do not operate in a vacuum, they operate within the limits and boundaries of their enabling law and the political environment (this is the same everywhere in the world to a greater or lesser degree). What the EFCC is doing in Nigeria is profound; the mere fact that certain kinds of people are afraid today in Nigeria is almost miraculous. That we still have people like Ribadu in Nigeria means there is still hope for Nigeria. You don’t just get up and start investigating people; you need to have facts, leads and people ready to support their allegations. You obviously don’t appreciate the challenges of his job. Let us encourage the man so he can do his job, he has caught quite a number of thieves, he is going after more and those that may seem to be out his reach today he or someone else will get tomorrow.

gwobezentashi  # 3 | 13.05.2006 18:15

THE ABUSE AND MISAPPLICATION OF EFCC POWERS Dalhatu’s arrest, unconstitutional –Court Tony Amokeodo Justice Ibrahim Auta of the Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, faulted the arrest of the former Minister of Power and Steel, Alhaji Bashir Dalhatu by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and held that his detention was illegal and unconstitutional. Besides, the judge also ordered the EFCC to return Dalhatu’s international passport that was seized by the commission. Delivering his ruling over Dalhatu’s fundamental human rights application and that of the EFCC, Justice Auta held that the commission’s act was a clear breach of Dalhatu’s rights. After reviewing the submissions of the lawyer to Dalhatu, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN) and that of the EFCC, Mr Rotimi Jacobs, the judge upheld the argument of Olanipekun. He further awarded N1 million damages to Dalhatu against the EFCC. Justice Auta also held that it was unlawful for the EFCC to detain Dalhatu from February 18, 2006 to March 7, 2006 without informing him on why he was detained for 17 days. The judge, who further berated the EFCC’s modus operandi, reminded the commission that it was unlawful to arrest Dalhatu and then fish for information to nail him thereafter. The judge also held that from the evidence before the court, the case was not a new one. He further held that the matter started in 1992 and no criminal case had been disclosed against Dalhatu. He added that it was a dispute between a lawyer and his client. Auta also said that President Olusegun Obasanjo had cleared Dalhatu of the allegation, saying there was no contrary letter from the President till date. Besides, he said former three Attorneys- Generals of the Federation: Mr Clement Akpamgbo (SAN), Chief Mike Agbamuche (SAN) and Mr Kanu Agabi (SAN) had also cleared Dalhatu of the allegation. He added that the current AGF had also washed his hands off the case. Justice Auta further held that it was after the commencement of the matter before him that the EFCC filed a five-count charge of indictable offence against Dalhatu at an Ikeja High Court on April 4. The judge also said that the charge before the Ikeja High Court was not valid, saying his order restraining the EFCC from prosecuting Dalhatu on the same offence that was before him was lawful. He added that he had the power to protect the res (subject matter) before him, adding that all cases of breach of citizens’ fundamental human rights took precedence over other matters. The judge also said that, “ It must be noted that the law is meant for the citizens and not the other way round. The facts of the case are not in dispute. The applicant (Dalhatu) had claimed that he had been unlawfully detained. But the EFCC said the arrest was lawful. Fundamental rights are lawful and not mere appendage. They belong to the citizens. It is a primary condition to a civilize existence. They are enshrined in the Constitution. By virtue of 1999 Constitution, it is supreme over other laws, including the EFCC Act. The commencement date of the EFCC Act was December 14, 2002 while the case started in 1992. The Constitution did not allow retroactive action”. EFCC had detained Dalhatu over his alleged involvement in $15 million scam with one Tapia Lopex. source: SATURDAY PUNCH, May 13, 2006

Oghre  # 4 | 13.05.2006 22:06

Watchman, It is unfortunate that you can’t understand my frustration with the EFCC, Once upon a time I saw that organisation as hope and a light at the end of the tunnel, but not anymore. The EFCC seems to be around anytime OBJ falls out with anyone; it is too coincidental not to notice, except obviously by sleepwalkers like you Yes, I have read the EFCC’s “enabling law”, and the circumstances under which investigations can be carried out, the requirements and procedures that need to be followed….. Means the EFCC should have enough mandates to increase the number of arrests and prosecution it has so far recorded. But it has not done so; it continues to be far more politically inclined and so far is no different from a section of the PDP. The EFCC was not created for witch-hunting and rivalry; it is financed by tax payers’ money and as such should be independent. The job they are doing may be profound to you but it is not to the average Nigerian and the international community who still decide to place Nigeria in the 2nd position of the most corrupt country in the world, a position we occupied before the EFCC was setup. I will start to appreciate the EFCC when they show good cause for people like me to do so; there are far too many treasury looter and corrupt politicians for the EFCC to have a field day. The only ones having a field day are the other side; if you don’t see that then I am sorry. I cannot encourage an ineffective and biased organisation answerable to Obasanjo rather than the Nigerian people. Ben

Tsohon Soja  # 5 | 13.05.2006 22:52

I pledge to Nigeria my country. To be faithful, loyal and honest. To serve Nigeria with all my strength. To defend her unity, and uphold her honor and glory. So help me God. Dear Oghere, I read your contributions on Buhari and now on the EFCC debate. There is an underlaying bitterness you have about Northern Nigeria and Islam evidently that you would'nt mind going to whatever hog you need to castigate and condemn anything out of the region or associated with the religion. You have your freedom to do so. After all it is called 'Democracy'. Fela (May his soul rest in peace says - it is demonstration of craze). Buhari is what he is in reality - A hero and a miliestone in the annals of Nigeria's history. His acheivements can never be buried by disgruntled people like you. For those who are dispassionate and understanding, his regime had to do what it had to do at the time it was done. Tell me how the Aegean stable was cleaned. Certainly not with a sprinkler. Whoever takes over from Obasanjo, should please use kids' gloves and lets see. We are all lucky his regime didn't go the Jerry Rawlings way. I love Buhari so much and respect him. Till today, I bet you those of us who didn't chicken out on rickety boats across the Mediteranian Sea to enjoy the friut of the blood of European ancestors, have only PTF roads, classrooms, exercise books, ambulances, drugs etc (all over Nigeria, indeed after the inaugration of a 'democratic' government) to fall back upon. He was a soldier - through and through. Am glad you have a comprehensive roll of his military career. Please find a 'wellbred and educated' white friend, who knows about the military - show him that CV and ask him of his opinion on employing such a person to an executive management appointment. The Harvard Business school curriculum for your interest includes military administration as a course. Have you heard about the Marshall Plan? - The plan on which Europe was rebuilt after World War II? It was written by a soldier (a captain at the time) and implemented by a president who was a General/Politician. Maybe am even taking you too far to understand the military - This Internet we are using is a military invention. If you think the Nigerian military is backward like anything Nigerian to you, find out about Generals Ovadje, Reis, Dambazau, Bamali, Abdurahman, etc and their contributions to the fields of medicine, civil engineering, law, criminology, Leadership etc. Buhari is now learning his political ropes quite well and has shown he is a good student. Certainly, he did not submit to the Oputa Panel charade after that boy - Al-mustafa had intelligently turned issues from himself and brought in the distractions of smearing respected and notable Nigerians like Buhari. If you have been following, he went to court to contest the 2003 election results and is now in the forefront of the 'anti-Sad term' campaign. Do you remember the line -'Nigerians, indeed future generations of Nigeria...we will stay here to salvage it together'. You are one 'Andrew' who has checked out and certainly will never come back home. Nigeria is too backward for you. Tsk-tsk, sorry! EFCC is not my best institution, after its 'initial gra-gra'. It certainly has been unmasked. But because it is lead by a northerner, your venom has taken more bite. The problem of Northern Nigeria and your insinuations on Islam/violence is in your parochialism and mindset. Please critisize on what you really understand. You can't analyze Nigeria from a foreign clime. Come back home, I challenge you. Please, tell the truth Oghere (Ogre?), have you ever visited Northern Nigeria, had/have a friend who is from there or a Muslim? I want to tell you that the riots in Northern Nigeria are instigated by similar causatives as anywhere in Nigeria. Rabid poverty, disease and want. The raise of Islamic sentiments is the same driving force that manifest in pentacostal Christianity, in which most things are seen as 'demonic'. If the Niger-delta militants were northerners, I wonder what invectives would have been casted on them. But then, they are fighting for their rights. That way it is convenient to politicize crime while, thousands die in pipeline infernos and governors steal millions, yet we still speak of 'derivation'. Oga! Lets keep our heads clean and love all Nigerian deserving. Non of us 'bribed' God to be who we are or chose where we came from. Bottom line is that, wherever NEPA (PHCN) strikes, it does not select a northerner from a southerner. the beauty of Nigeria is when you travel by road across the country in those buses. You wil find a mini-Nigeria, where the faith of all the passengers is tied and led by a driver and the innocent police escort. At that time. All passengers are united as brothers and sisters, until they dismount to pick their loads - confusion. Please lets rid ourselves of a cause that is insn't ours. The Europeans put us together. The Northern leaders were those who where more sincere and visionery. They didn't like the union. They requested that they be left alone to seek independence when their own part of the country was ready. The Southerners insisted on the union because, at that time the combined force and allure of groundnuts, tin and columbite, hide and skin, gum-arabic, sheanut, beniseed, gold etc, where irresistable. The impression that the northerners were docile and not capable of intellect was also an assurance for domination. They forgot that politics, indeed democracy is a game of numbers,but most of all it is not a preserve of classroom eggheads. He! He! He! Now we know better - Yuk-Yuk. Me a like my country. I like the land and people. Everything e de for Nigeria. Make we join hands, to make Nigeria greater. I like am! I like am!

Tosan  # 6 | 14.05.2006 07:37

I read the two simultaneous articles of this guy. TWO at a time! And they are both filled with raw emotions, anger, sentiments, self-righteousness, platitudes and cliches. Added to all these were the blatant speculations and I finally got a material for a rag magazine.

pukpabi  # 7 | 14.05.2006 08:16

Mr. Tsohon Soja, You wrote: "Please, tell the truth Oghere (Ogre?), have you ever visited Northern Nigeria, had/have a friend who is from there or a Muslim? I want to tell you that the riots in Northern Nigeria are instigated by similar causatives as anywhere in Nigeria. Rabid poverty, disease and want. The raise of Islamic sentiments is the same driving force that manifest in pentacostal Christianity, in which most things are seen as 'demonic'. If the Niger-delta militants were northerners, I wonder what invectives would have been casted on them. But then, they are fighting for their rights". You see, this is one problem with those who, at least can read, write, and capable of thinking, but decide to stand logic on its head. How can any sane person who is suffering from rapid poverty, disease, and want think that the solution to his or her problem is the killing of their fellow law-abiding citizens, and burning down their businesses. Poverty, disease, and want are not Northern peculiarities. You find these same problems in the South, and yet Southerners do not go on rampage for these reasons. They think! It is said that the first step to cure a disease is to diagnose it. In other words, the first step to solving a problem is to identify it. If you identify it and sweep it under the carpet, the problem is still there. Sometimes, it takes courage to do what might be unpopular, but damned good. (Excuse me!) Christian fundamentalists have not raised an arm against any non-believer. The worst they can do is to say that you will go to hell if you are not born-again. So you see, comparing unthinking, rabid, and blood thirsty Islamic fundamentalists with their Christian fundamentalists will not help your argument at all. It stands your argument on its head. I am sure you do not want that. On your comments about the Niger Delta people; it is still the same problem with your pedigree: insensitive, bossy, and with born-to-rule mentality. If you cannot see that the people of Niger Delta have been wronged over the years, then your love for Nigeria is because of what you can get from her. Remember, those who support evil for whatever reason seem to forget that in the fullness of time, evil consumes even its own. I leave you with this as my final word, and solemn legacy. Paschal Ukpabi, JD Michigan, USA

IZONERE  # 8 | 14.05.2006 09:12

While I do agree that the EFCC is being selective, I believe Nigeria is not the 2nd most corrupt country in the world anymore.

Exxcuzme  # 9 | 15.05.2006 12:35

Gwobezentashi & Tsohon Soja: What I read from Northerners in this village is to come and defend any negative comment written about the North or Northern Nigeria. I used to be a fan of Gwobezenatashi but he has never written anything (that I know of) against the north i.e. killing of southerners in the North. I have never heard of any organization in the North educating their people that they should stop killing southerners. Instead people like Buhari will go down to Oyo govt to stop the killing of cattle rearers when the incident was between the herders and farmers fighting for resources. Did either of you go to your imam to preach to their wards the stupidity of killing innocent Nigerians when the issue was in far a way European country? We cannot just siddon a look when evil is be perpetrated. When people like you speak up maybe such incident can be nabbed. I will have respect for some of my Northern brothers if your voice can be heard when injustice is being perpetrated by Northerners instead of you picking up a keyboard to bash Obasanjo or defend Islam or Northern interest. This is why I would not bother to read Taslim because all is write-ups is that Obasanjo is the messiah. We all should be proactive to make our voice heard clear and loud when evil is being spread from our house. This is how we can solve the issues affecting our country instead of trying to defend our section of the country.

Tsohon Soja  # 10 | 16.05.2006 01:10

To my compatriots whose sensibilities I have scratched. I speak in respct to all. I however owe no apologies for all I have said, particularly when it is given to skewed and convenient interpretations. I assure you that I have equal or even in most cases a higher stake in Nigeria than most whose replies contained such bile, over my well intentioned comments and record of historical facts. I leave in Nigeria. My sojourn here is very brief. I will be back and stay kampke! I maintain that we the elites (North and South), are the problem with Nigeria because of the armour of 'Turanci' - (English), that we garb ourselves with. When the frustrated Nigerian whether, OPC, MEND, Dan Banga, MOSOB, Area boys or whatever catch you, please speak 'English (especially with a fake 'akata' accent). You go talk true. I appreciate the constraints and stresses of Nigerians from everywhere. The fisherman in the Delta who can fish no more because of pollution, to the farmer in the North whose is driven by drought, yet their governors buy 2 each of 70 million Naira bullet-proof Hummers, are the same to me. The problem is with us who will tell them that Nigeria's oil money is taken to a particular part of Nigeria and shared. I hold strong that the Niger-Delta deserves every special attention that is necessary to compensate its people for its land that provides the economy prime-mover product for our nation (about 45% of GDP?). The balance (55%) comes mainly from agricultural products, of which about 30% of all comes from the North. My brother - bombing innocent citizens and their properties, blowing pipelines and oil installations, kidnapping foreigners, killing policemen and soldiers, imposing taxes and extorting protection money from local citizens, etc, na another matter. Those of you who served (NYSC) in the North and are honest will attest to the fact that the common-man there is as worse off as his brethren anywhere. They are all shortchanged. If I may respectfully inform you further, Northern Nigerians I maintain have equal stakes and responsibility for peace and progress in Nigeria, like any citizen from any part of the polity. They cannot be bigger than any other and must submit to all laws of the land. Any person, indeed Northerner who take the life of anybody, unlawfully, under any pretext, should face the law. My fairassessment is that we (Northerners) have/are invested(ing) a lot, for the unity of Nigeria. We died like ants in the Biafran war to keep Nigeria one, after losing the best of our leaders to a tribalistic cabal in 1966. We voted Abiola and after his 'friends' betrayed him, we conceeded presidency to his people so peace can be. Even now for 'peace' in the Niger-Delta, so that oil can be exploited for the 'derivation formula' to serve 'our' collective booty mentality (as a philosophy to nationhood), it is our youths that are 'cannon fodder' (the footmen in the military). You said we the Northern elites are not critical of ourselves and implied that we accept our 'backwardness' and 'murderous tendencies' with relish. Ha! You have not been reading Northern opinion writers, I swear. Please follow Amanaonline, even for the fun of it. On the spate of unfortunate riots, especially the 'Cartoon Riots' that claim the lives of Nigerians, particularly in the North, please read the following: http://www.amanaonline.com/Articles/art_1738.htm http://www.amanaonline.com/Articles/Tilde_207.htm http://www.amanaonline.com/Articles/art_1713.htm http://www.amanaonline.com/Articles/Tilde/Tilde_206.htm May the souls of the departed rest in peace. Ameen. Most of us are in the vanguard of telling our helpless and frustrated youths (when they are not high on we-we (Indian hemp) and 'solution' that if you kill a Southerner, remember there are also your own brothers in their parts, who are even higher on Ogogoro, Goskolo, crack, cocaine, etc, than you, and will not spare your own living amongst them. Find out the good job people like Makarfi (Kaduna), Adamu Muazu (Bauchi) and Shekarau (Kano) are doing to keep the peace in their various states. My dear JD of Michigan, when last were you in Nigeria? Like I said, when those of you in the diaspora come home, we can talk better. For your information I went to school in the generation of the Femi Okeowos - if you catch my drift. Those golden years of unity for the Nigerian youths. When NANS was NANS. These days, NANS leadership lead 'Sad Term' projects. You know why. Aluta continua! Lets be friends!

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