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That Slogan ("GOWON") and That Innocent Child by Hakeem BabalolaIt’...Read the full article.

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The fact is that every single Nigerian is aware of the fact that dissolution is the only solution to the so called "ONE NIGERIA" ,for over forty years now it has always not been thesame story but worse and worse slogan of tTHINGS WILL GET BETTER".
Nigerians as i have studied are still slaves and will remain so until it goes back to its roots , as in how things used to be before the colonial bastards (masters) came to "jam" us together, afterall , before the invasion by the colonial bastards, we were divided into four peaceful regions,every region had its own binding laws and ways of life , but now as we have been "jammed together" , no one understands the other region's language as well as lack of trust.They came and achieved there mission of causing confusion.It now left to us to retrace our steps and go back to our regional peaceful country and leave "NIGER AREA" to sort itself out and find its own people .
GOD BLESS .

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Folks,

What am I hearing? Are you sure this author is not Igbo masquerading as Yoruba?

You see, I have always known that Nigerians are not that naive not to recognize that Nigeria is a lie. The only reason, I think they do not want to acknowledge this is that they do not want the Igbo to look good. But, at what cost have Nigerians, and even the educated 'Villagers" been "playing the Ostrich."

Why do Nigerians hate Ojukwu, and Igbo? Why did the South-South reject their freedom handed over to them by Igbo at Aburi. What were the Yorubas thinking when they fought on the federal side?

Folks, check out this statement by Chief Awolowo:

“Second, if the true purpose of such
a war is to preserve the unity and integrity of the Federation, then these
ends can be achieved by the very simple devices of implementing the
recommendation of the committee which met on August 9 1966, as reaffirmed
by a decision of the military leaders at Aburi on January 5 1967 as well
as by accepting such of the demands of the East, West, Mid-West and Lagos
as are manifestly reasonable, and essential for assuring harmonious
relationships and peaceful co-existence between them and their brothers
and sisters in the North”.

- Chief Obafemi Awolowo
May, 1966

Now, why didn't Chief Awolowo insist on the Aburi Accord. Why did he not convince the West that that was an unjust war?

As the Igbo have suffered, so also the Nigerian nation. Poverty in the midst of plenty? After the war, the conquering oligarchy army destroyed Biafran inventions. Why did they do that? If I am lying, as Chief Samuel Ogbemudia.

Here at the "villagesquare", I watch how Nigerians get excited whenever Biafra is mentioned; whenever Igbo people exhibit their proud heritage. Why? Why?Why? Even some Igbo deny their identity so as to get accepted in this hell called Nigeria, why?

You see, the truth is constant; you can't suppress it forever. For every man who knows God, I say say the truth, and defend it with all your might. That is what Biafrans did. That is what Anthony Enahoro did not do. That is what Awolowo did not do. That is what Gowon did not do.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu.

Paschal Ukpabi, J.D.
Michigan, USA

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When it rains, it pours.
Those who wanted to annihilate the Igbos are now on each other’s throat after 40 years of acting like animals. Is this not an amazing turn of events?

Notice that the current writer referred to Ojukwu as the “Satan”. If Ojukwu dies next day, he will surely be admitted into heaven. Can we say the same thing about IBB, Buhari, OBJ, Danjuma, etc?

You fought to keep Nigeria one. For more than 40 years, you have done everything imaginable to divide, destroy, and bring Nigeria to her knees. And when somebody wrote that you are below the status of an animal, you cry fowl. What a joke that you are?

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=pukpabi;129507>Folks,

What am I hearing? Are you sure this author is not Igbo masquerading as Yoruba?

You see, I have always known that Nigerians are not that naive not to recognize that Nigeria is a lie. The only reason, I think they do not want to acknowledge this is that they do not want the Igbo to look good. But, at what cost have Nigerians, and even the educated 'Villagers" been "playing the Ostrich."

Why do Nigerians hate Ojukwu, and Igbo? Why did the South-South reject their freedom handed over to them by Igbo at Aburi. What were the Yorubas thinking when they fought on the federal side?

Folks, check out this statement by Chief Awolowo:

“Second, if the true purpose of such
a war is to preserve the unity and integrity of the Federation, then these
ends can be achieved by the very simple devices of implementing the
recommendation of the committee which met on August 9 1966, as reaffirmed
by a decision of the military leaders at Aburi on January 5 1967 as well
as by accepting such of the demands of the East, West, Mid-West and Lagos
as are manifestly reasonable, and essential for assuring harmonious
relationships and peaceful co-existence between them and their brothers
and sisters in the North”.

- Chief Obafemi Awolowo
May, 1966

Now, why didn't Chief Awolowo insist on the Aburi Accord. Why did he not convince the West that that was an unjust war?

As the Igbo have suffered, so also the Nigerian nation. Poverty in the midst of plenty? After the war, the conquering oligarchy army destroyed Biafran inventions. Why did they do that? If I am lying, as Chief Samuel Ogbemudia.

Here at the "villagesquare", I watch how Nigerians get excited whenever Biafra is mentioned; whenever Igbo people exhibit their proud heritage. Why? Why?Why? Even some Igbo deny their identity so as to get accepted in this hell called Nigeria, why?

You see, the truth is constant; you can't suppress it forever. For every man who knows God, I say say the truth, and defend it with all your might. That is what Biafrans did. That is what Anthony Enahoro did not do. That is what Awolowo did not do. That is what Gowon did not do.

Ka Chineke mezie okwu.

Paschal Ukpabi, J.D.
Michigan, USA

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My Ukpabi, J.D.

I'm happy you state that the truth is constant. Perhaps I can enlarge your comprehension of the truth from other people's viewpoints.

In your version of the truth you ask

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"Why did the South-South reject their freedom handed over to them by Igbo at Aburi."

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The short answer to that is the South-South rejected a 'freedom' from 'Nigeria' in exchange for an oppression from it's immediate neigbors. The South-South possesses the ability to define freedom on it's own terms and not as a lackey to anybody else.

If you are able to loosen the hold of your particular viewpoint when recalling the affairs of Nigeria in the past, you might discover that the South-South had suffered at the hands of everyone around them and so they weren't waiting to be 'handed' their freedom by the Igbo or anyone else.

Little is known or remembered about people like Isaac Adaka Boro who sought freedom on his own terms and rebelled against conditions in the larger Nigeria and in the immediate locality that were oppressive. He took a principled stand against HIS OWN local 'leaders' when they did not appear to work in the interests of his people.

Perhaps you can educate me: Why is it that the larger ethnic nationalities in Nigeria seek 'freedom' as long as it comes with the 'freedom' to oppress those in their immediate vicinity? Are there two types of freedom? One for the larger populations and another (less 'free') for the smaller?

Are Nigeria's larger ethnic nationalities really prepared to 'free' themselves from dependency on what is termed the 'black gold' that is exploited from the lands of the smaller ethnic nationalities? Or is the plan to continue financing the 'free' nationalities with the money from the oil producing Niger Delta?

In summary, the South-South did and does not want or need ANYBODY to 'hand freedom TO them' or to determine what 'freedom' means FOR them as it is perfectly capable of defining 'freedom' for itself, thankyouverymuch!

There is enough for all of us, if only the ALL will INCLUDE the people of the South-South.

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@Hakeem:

Thankyou very much my brother for saying the truth as it is. It takes a lot of courage to speak the truth in a Nigerian environment.

Nigeria will hopefully dissolve, but i pray it dissolves into North and South, with possibly parts of the middle belt like Kwara, Benue and Kogi states being part of the proposed federal republic of Southern Nigeria.

I remain stubbornly convinced, that Southern Nigerians can live together in a very progressive nation once we are free of the North.

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Let’s put things in proper perspective here: The people of South-South would have been better off if everybody had signed on to the Aburi accord. The people of South-South are today the poorest in Nigeria when they produce the bulk of the wealth in Nigeria, and their situation will never change if the like of OBJ and IBB continue to be in power. This much is true. Now, read on:

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South-South, South-West vindicate Gen. Ojukwu
By Duro Onabule
Friday, December 23, 2005

It was both amusing and disgusting reading the purported communique of Monday’s historic meeting of Southern political leaders at Enugu. But at the same time, it is quite pleasing that God in His mercies (has) preserved the life of General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu (never mind recent speculations on his health) to see himself vindicated thirty-five years after the end of the civil war throughout which Southern political vultures, opportunists and scavengers portrayed him (Ojukwu) as the devil.

Some of these vultures and scavengers were among the delegates of South-South and South-West at last Monday’s political gathering at Enugu demanding resource-control and threatening confederal set-up if not break-up of the federation.

First of all, there is no sincerity of purpose among the participating zones. Historically, there is no love-lost between the South-West and South-East, a sad situation dating back to January 1952 when through desperate resort to group tribal solidarity, the late Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe was robbed of electoral victory to prevent him from becoming leader of government business in the defunct western region.

In the 1951 general elections, Zik and the other four NCNC candidates cleared the five Lagos seats to western house of assembly (Lagos was then part of the old western region) despite that, his political rivals in western region employed ethnic solidarity to prevail on successful Yoruba NCNC Lagos members not to support Zik as the leader of the party to fill the slot allocated to Lagos in the then Nigerian Legislative Council. Late Bola Ige in his published diary in 1992 expressed reservation about that particular political mischief by his party leadership.

This hostility once again was displayed in the build-up to the civil war which was virtually prosecuted by South West against South East.
Where is the love between the South South and South-East? What was the role of South-South against the South-East during the civil war? Even since the return of politics in 1979, South-South has never supported South-East.

Northerners might have a point that the pattern of the January 1966 coup caused them a heavy toll to warrant the July 1966 counter-coup. But the common conclusion is that the magnitude of the casualties savoured of over-reaction. Even then, unlike the South-South and South East, there is today better co-operation and understanding between the North and South-East largely because the North has gone some if not a long way to heal the wounds. Hence today, be it in marriage, business, the professions, politics, indeed every sphere, there is more co-operation between the North and South-East. Can the South-South and South-West claim such rapprochement with South-East?

These are the same people deceiving themselves on an alleged new beginning which is as assuring as any South-West zone governor on assumption of office claiming that “… As from today, health and education are free in this state.” South westerners know better.

With their utterances especially their communique last Monday, the new but in reality fragile southern political block (now) give the impression of a gang-up against the North. Yet, within the out-going year, South-South is on record as signing a pact (political alliance) with the middle-belt. So, the pact has been abandoned without the courtesy of consultation or information.

The South-West is equally on record as having shaken hands across the Niger with South-East. How many times? The same South-West has an agreement with Middle Belt. So, which North is this southern bloc planning to cut to size?

How genuine is the new found friendship among the southern bloc? What are the prospects of survival of the new friendship? The level of (lack of) sincerity can be gauged from the absence of four southern state governors. What is more, only two of the thirteen governors who attended spoke –the host governor Nnamani who formally had to make the welcome remarks and his Akwa Ibom counterpart Victor Attah who read the communique.

It is the very communique that is very nauseating. Going through it stirs inevitable questions. How old is each participant? How much of Nigeria civil war does each of them know? Do they not realise that with that communique, they exposed themselves perhaps unconsciously to public ridicule?

The like of Yoruba Council of Elders, Kunle Olajide, AD’s Olu Falae, Governor Attah, PDP’s Bode George, etc. belong to my generation and are living witnesses of the civil war. Others like Tony Anenih, Reuben Fasoranti, Joe Irukwu are even older, with deep knowledge of the war. Otherwise the rest, especially the governors, are more of eaglets, totally ignorant of our past political history ala confederation and resource control.

We must accordingly examine major points of the communique one of which accused the North (or their spokespersons) of polarising the current political tension along North-South side. The North simply called for honouring a 1999 agreement on what part of the country the presidency was to move next. There have been conflicting details of that agreement but Obasanjo himself confirmed the existence of the said agreement even though he (Obasanjo) also did not give details.

The same Obasanjo however said he alone, as leader of the PDP should be allowed to interpret the 1999 agreement. At any rate, what the Northern leaders further did was to shoot down any idea of a third term for Obasanjo. When therefore did such opposition to and criticism of a secret third term for Obasanjo become a polarisation of North against South? If anything the very wordings and positions of the communique of the southern politicians (have) actually provoked and tensed the country along North/South divide.

What usually happens in such situations is that many of them who gathered at Enugu last time would, when next they meet the same northern leaders, dissociate themselves from the deliberations at Enugu, thereby positioning themselves for political/contract patronage when the time comes.

It is also noteworthy that the Southern bloc meeting at Enugu last time equally endorsed (perhaps unknowingly) the stand of the North against Obasanjo’s third term. If the North and entire South (meeting at Enugu) both endorsed opposition to Obasanjo’s third term, how could the southerners turn round to falsely accuse the North of polarising the country? In short, the Enugu meeting allowed itself to be manipulated into assuming the position of champion of the South against the North to ease Northern pressure against Obasanjo’s third term bid.

Even if the North polarised a North-South divide (which is not the case) at least the North was tactful in their posture unlike the Enugu meeting which only stopped short of declaration of war.
Nobody should be worried about the new found southern solidarity.

From past political history, should Nigeria be irresponsibly dragged to the precipice, South-South and South-East will ally with the North. South-East will rightly seek a revenge for the role of South-West during the civil war while the South-South will eventually aim at its security only with the North.

South-East may not openly declare but till today, the zone distrusts the South-West. Can’t these people detect the booby-trap being set for them? That is to instigate them against the North and thereby sneak in Obasanjo for the third term. The truth is that at any time, only the North can stop Obasanjo in whatever form.

Another point in their communique which is beyond all understanding is the threat to boycott 2007 elections unless the constitution is reviewed and the zones are granted resource control failing which they will declare a confederation.

Are these people ignorant or they have no sense of history? Here then are the facts to acquaint them with the futility of their plan. Neither the 2002 electoral act nor the yet to be reviewed Nigerian constitution makes provision for election boycott. To dampen their ignorance, there is this 1965 landmark judgement on the barren exercise of election boycott.

United Progressives Grand Alliance (UPGA), a marriage of convenience between a faction of the Action Group on one hand, and the NCNC well entrenched in the East and remnant in the West. The boycott was totally effective in the East but not in the West, except Lagos where an independent candidate, T.O.S. Benson scored less than six hundred votes and was declared the winner.

An election petition by the official NCNC candidate against Benson’s election was dismissed on the ground that the electoral law did not recognise election boycott. Benson accordingly retained his seat in the House of Representatives in Lagos with less than six hundred votes and indeed was re-appointed a federal minister on January 14, 1966, eve of the first military coup.

Clearly the Enugu gathering of the southerners are either ignorant of the above or they have forgotten.
There was of course the threat of confederation and resource control along the various zones. Confederation was dangled all along as a threat to landlock the North. To think that the North will be caught unprepared for such eventuality is to underestimate Northern Nigeria.

What is more, in such a situation, North will not be the only landlocked country in Africa. Some are Niger Republic, Bourkina Faso, Uganda, Lesotho. Equally landlocked countries outside Africa are Bolivia, Bulgaria, Hungary, Chech, Slovakia.

By the way, for one of the zones at the Enugu meeting to join in threatening confederation is like a turkey calling for Christmas and most appropriately, this is Christmas period. In a confederal set up in Nigeria, South-East will be the only zone that will be landlocked.

For even daring to bring the issue of resource control along with confederal set up shows that those at the Enugu meeting either have no shame or they are ignorant of history. In the year 2005 or as likely 2006, what they are demanding will once again plunge Nigeria into civil war because such issues can never be peacefully negotiated.

Which national assembly will amend the constitution along those lines? Does the southern block have ordinary majority not to talk of two thirds in the National Assembly to amend the constitution? Or will the middle belt landlock itself by voting with the South?

These desperados in the South and their predecessors were the same people who conspired against General Ojukwu’s achievement of regional resource control after the 1967 meeting at Aburi Ghana with General Yakubu Gowon under the chairmanship of the late General Ankrah, then, Ghana’s head of state.

Let them get Aburi report by both General Ojukwu and General Yakubu Gowon, published for Nigerias especially Niger Deltans to read.

It is an irony that South-South in particular as well as South-West is demanding confederal set up and resource control both of which General Ojukwu brilliantly secured at the 1967 Aburi conference.

Contrary to the falsehood over the years, General Ojukwu’s achievement on resource control and confederal set up at Aburi conference was not scuttled by the North or the military. Rather the Aburi report was scuttled by the present South southerners and South Westerners in the civil service for the sake of occupying civil service posts abandoned by fleeing South Easterners, the same South-Southerners and South Westerners serving in Gowon’s cabinet, in the armed forces, the equivalent elites and intellectuals on varsity campuses.

Tony Enahoro, Edwin Clark, Diette-Spiff, Amachree, and their like dare not today speak on this issue.
Tony Enahoro, as Commissioner for Information/Culture in Gowon’s cabinet campaigned all over the world against confederation, and regional resource control achieved by General Ojukwu at Aburi.
Left for Gowon, all he wanted was one Nigeria. Indeed, in his address to the attempted constitutional conference in August 1967, confederation was one of the options he placed before the delegates.

When Gowon returned from Aburi, the Enahoros and other Niger Deltans around him as well as South Westerners all urged him (Gowon) to throw Aburi report “to the dogs.” Otherwise, at least Edo and Delta states as Mid-West region will today, be controlling their resources, courtesy General Ojukwu’s foresight at Aburi.

Ojukwu had no choice at that time than to publish the entire Aburi proceedings for Nigerians and Biafrans to read. The man should please today do Nigeria a major public service by once again releasing the Aburi report to let Niger Deltans realise that their real enemies are not northerners but Niger Delta leaders of that time.

General Gowon should also release his own side of the unedited version of his own account and Nigerians, especially Niger Deltans can then know their enemies/exploiters.
Electronic and print media today are dominated – ownership wise – by Niger Deltans.
The Guardian, This Day, Vanguard, Independent, Channels Television, AIT, Silverbird Television, Tell magazine, Newswatch magazine are either substantially or wholly owned by Niger Deltans who may be ignorant of the role played by South southerners and South westerners in throwing aside the Aburi report which in 1967 offered them resource control and confederal set up on a platter of gold.

To turn round today and be blaming the North or the military is both unkind and nauseating.
And before plunging Nigeria into another civil war, let the proponents realise that whoever controls or captures the capital has the upper hand. The capital today is no longer Lagos but Abuja which is nearer North than the South.

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Villagers, this chap is a yanmiri masquerading with a Yoruba name. But despite the disguise, he seems to have made very cogent points that pulls at the strings of my heart.

The current contraption will never and will not work! Ka ji ko? The Middlebelt and the rest of the south seem to be pulling in one direction, and the rest seem to act as if Nigeria does not belong to them; and their intention seems to be to leech it dry, pull it down and then to move back home (Niger or Chad Republics?). How can you understand the destruction of all civilised systems during the Abacha & IBB siege, and to an extent during Shagari's ; the run down of the currency & financial system, the destruction of the middle & business classes, education, basic infrastructures (education, elect., civil service, water, etc.). Their justification is and was that these infrastructures benefits the kafiris (unbelievers), and have nothing to do with the Nigeria of their dream.

Once the true Nigerians understand that they only have one home and work towards its sanitation & preservation, then there is hope. I hear you, we have the Adedibus, the Nzeribes and what not; so what? Ever heard of Lord Haw-haw of Britain of the 1940s?

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Hi, Mr. Mark LAR!

If only General (Dr.) Yakubu GOWON (GCFR; BA; MA; PhD), demobilised ALL combatants of the "no victor, no vanquished " civil war in 1970, particularly the senior officers of the Nigerian Army, especially the masterminds of the punitive coup d'etat of 29 July 1966, like Theophilus Danjuma, Domkat Bali, Murtala Mohammed, Ibrahim Babangida, Ismaila Yombe, Sani Abacha, Ibrahim Taiwo, Mohammadu Buhari, Joshua Dogonyaro, David Mark, Tunde Ogbeha, Jeremiah Useni, Ibrahim Haruna, Abdulsalami Abubakar, etc, certainly Nigeria would have been spared a lot of its current nightmares.

Worldwide, soldiers are usually speedily decommissioned, demobilised, dismissed or retired from active service IMMEDIATELY after partaking in a war. The US Army, for example, started its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq with General Tommy Ray FRANKS as the Commander-in-Chief of United States Central Command, overseeing United States Armed Forces operations in a 25-country region, including the Middle East.

For your enlightenment, General Tommy FRANKS was born June 17, 1945. He is now a retired General in the United States Army. He succeeded General Anthony Zinni on July 6, 2000 and served until his retirement on July 7, 2003. He was succeeded by General John Abizaid.

General Tommy Ray FRANKS was the U.S. general that led the attack on the Taliban in Afghanistan, sequel to 911 in 2001. Franks also led the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the overthrow of His Excellency, ex-President Saddam Hussein, and was the commander-in-chief of the American occupation forces, before his retirement from active service.

This is in stark contrast with what happened in Nigeria, under General (Dr.) Yakubu GOWON. Instead of demobilising the civil war veterans IMMEDIATELY, our hero from Langtang, General GOWON, even went ahead to appoint the senior veterans as ministers, WHILE THEY WERE STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE!! For example, Murtala Mohammed was Minister of Communications, Olu Obasanjo was Minister of Works and Housing, etc.

Ironically, your Shosho brother, the non-nyamiri prayer warrior, General GOWON may have unwittingly contributed SIGNIFICANTLY, even if unwittingly, to the mess that Nigeria now finds itself in, some 36 years after the likes of Ibrahim Babangida, Mohammadu Buhari, Theopilus Danjuma, Olusegun Obasanjo etc should have been systematically fished out and summarily flushed out neatly from the Nigerian army!

Muchas gracias, mi amigo.


Posted by Abraxas| 09.09.2006 06:43

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@Mark Lar;

My dear, Hakeem is a well known registered author who has been contributing articles in this village for ages. Just click on "Authors" and click on his name, and you would see his many articles,and how long he has been contributing articles.

Just because he said the truth, which many already know but continue to pretend, does not make him a "Nyamiri" according to you. Nigerian salvation will only begin,from the day we all begin to accept the truth.For now let all of us continue to wallow in abject poverty,made so by the same deceitful leaders, who have continued to use tribal sentiments to mislead us, just to serve their own interests.

And please let me warn you, stop calling people "Nyamiri". It is an insult to call people names. From your name you are supposed to be a middle belter, and i respected you as such. Nobody has a monopoly over name calling. I can as well descend to your level and start calling your people names, but i wont do that because i expect common sense to prevail on your part.

Those who call people Nyamiri are Northerners, but in every level of human development ie. Creativity, enterprise, hardwork, education, music, sports, home entertainment, individual distribution of wealth etc etc the people they call Nyamiri are vastly superior to them, so does it really make any sense?

Apart from power, given to them by the British, which they only succeded in using to destroy every infrastructure left behind by the colonialists, and enthrone barbarity and massive poverty, they are nowhere.Take away government and the Northerner is finished.

Inspite of their long control of power, most of their people are destitute lazy beggars still living in unbeleivable subhuman conditions, with almost zero education. So where do we even begin to compare?.

My brother please stop calling people names, so that we can maintain the subsisting decorum.

Cheers
Tony Okocha