Wednesday, July 03, 2019

Buhari's Fulanization Agenda and the Impending Civil War 2- by OBJ

Fulani Herdsmen Killing and the call for War

This post is the opinion shared by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, the Former President of Federal Republic of Nigeria on the touted Fulanization agenda of the Federal Government under President Muhammadu Buhari.


Another civil war in Nigeria has become imminent and inevitable. The reason for its inevitability is simply because Muhammadu Buhari, the Northern Nigeria Fulani oligarchs and the wider network of Fulani in Sub-Saharan Africa have concluded plans to adopt Nigeria as the homeland for all Fulani in Africa.


Another civil war in Nigeria has become imminent and inevitable

They have realized that the wandering and rootless lifestyle of cattle herding Fulani is no longer tenable in the twenty-first century. Fulani need to have land to call home and rear cattle and that land should be Nigeria. The indigenous peoples of Nigeria have vehemently and stridently opposed this diabolic plan and both sides are mobilizing for war. The Fulani won’t relent and the indigenous people will not give up their land.

The same Fulani Project, having failed so shamelessly and woefully in the Central Africa Republic, will not be allowed to fail this time as the Nigerian Fulani project is better funded with the massive creaming of the sovereign wealth of Nigeria through nationwide kidnapping for ransom by lower class Fulani and seizure of the reigns of Government and wealth by the elite Fulani.

Kidnapping and the seizure of the institutions of Government are all for the purpose of implanting Fulani into the mainstream and control of politics and the economy of Nigeria for the objective of funding the Fulani Project in Nigeria.

The Central Africa Republic (CAR) has gone through exact same experience that Nigeria is going through right now in the hands of the Fulani. The country has been run down by the killings and destitution wrought by rival gangs in the fight to destroy the chokehold the Fulani had on the politics and economy of their country. Although the Fulani hegemony over the CAR has been defeated, the street gangs that defeated the armed forces have turned on one another and themselves, unable to rise above petty gang warfare to rebuild their nation.

The Fulani have become a blight on Africa and it’s biggest country Nigeria. Unable to break out of its centuries old cow herding and wandering culture, it continues to pull down every nation wherever it has any populations. Some countries in West Africa, Ghana and their ancestral home Guinea, have mastered the brutal tactics of dealing with Fulani and the Fulani have learnt the bitter lesson by staying away from these countries.


The Fulani have become a blight on Africa and it’s biggest country Nigeria.

In the CAR, the Fulani following the pattern of their ethnocentric politics, had seized control of the commanding heights of the country’s military and financial institutions, the foreign exchange trade, the mining and export of gold and above all the governing structures of Government. Mitchel Djotodia, a hare brained military officer and his Fulani faction seized power in a brazen coup by a demographic minority. All the non-Fulani military officers were flushed out of the forces, all the mineral deposits in the country were seized by Fulani merchants, non-Fulani traders were barred from trading in foreign exchange and the entire top echelon of the Civil Service were occupied by Fulani by as much as 83%.

France, the former colonial masters of CAR watched them do all these over the years and did not raise a protest. As in Nigeria, the Fulani were just 3% of the population of CAR, tucked in the desert recesses of the nation’s Northwest. No world or regional power raised a whimper even though the ethnic groups of the rich southern forest regions roiled. The Fulani went even beyond the provocative as they are doing now in Nigeria.

They started seizing ethnic lands, raiding churches and killing worshipers, the most brazen being the attack on Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in a town near Bangui the capital, where dozens of Catholic faithful were massacred during mass. The Fulani used their cattle bases allotted by Government to launch attacks and gun fights on the surrounding communities for robberies and ransom paying kidnaps as is happening now in Nigeria.

Again, as is happening in Nigeria today, the purpose of all the action of the Fulani was simple; to transfer all wealth available in the CAR by all and every means and place it in the hands and control of the Fulani. It is the same play book guiding the actions and policies of the Buhari Government in Nigeria. The Fulani elite are raiding the Central Bank, buying dollars and other currencies at heavily discounted rates, other Fulani are raiding the NNPC, ploughing through the vaults and trading Nigerian crude for personal gain.

The educated wing are mowing down governing structures, taking forceful charge and control of all commanding heights of Government and the armed forces. The uneducated Fulani herdsmen are engaged in kidnapping for ransom and now primed to take over ethnic lands, spreading themselves across the nation in settlements acquired with public funds to terrorize indigenous populations.

It will be of great use to retell the story of CAR so as to have the understanding of how the youth of the country removed the yoke of unremitting oppression by the Fulani. The youth formed street gangs and committed to take on the army with all their vaunted training and intimidating and deadly weaponry. The youth had locally fabricated flint guns and machetes, while the army was menacing with their machine guns, grenade throwers and rocket launchers.

When the fight started on that fateful day in 2013 in Bangui, everyone expected a complete annihilation of youth on the streets but the youth took the fight straight to the Guard Brigade near the Presidential Palace.

By evening of the same day, soldiers bodies were seen littering the streets while some were cut to pieces. By night fall, the streets of Bangui had become the play ground and the killing field of the youth of Bangui. In three days of street fighting, the entire Presidential Guards of the army of the CAR was decimated, in disarray running to their ethnic base in the far north and President Djotodia, the Fulani tyrant had abdicated and run away from the Presidential Palace and Capital, Bangui.

Tyrants survive for only as long as the people live in fear and choose to tolerate them. The Buhari Government is counting on deploying the Nigerian armed forces against the many ethnicity where the RUGA will be sited, beginning with the minority groups.


Tyrants survive for only as long as the people live in fear and choose to tolerate them

Buhari’s plan is to deploy Nigerian troops to subdue Nigerian people for the benefit of Fulani. Central Africa Republic provides a veritable lesson on how to deal with the unrelenting Fulani menace. The Niger Delta and Boko Haram if anything, have shown that the Nigeria army is not invincible in a fight with local forces. If anything, the Nigeria Army will likely disintegrate if made to fight in many fronts at once.

It is a known truth that the Fulani will not relent in their quest for the conquest of Nigeria until they have seized all sources of income and made everyone else subservient to their rule and hegemony.
The Fulani in Nigeria, in nearly a century of political and economic ascendancy have acquired so much power and money that it will defeat the purpose of such acquisition if they don’t deploy it for the very purpose for the grasp for power, which is the conquest of Nigeria for the overlordship of the Fulani. The final stage of the grand plan to subdue Nigeria for Fulani overlordship are afoot and Buhari and his people cannot back out now. So a war has to be fought to resolve matters.

Our people say that you don’t strip a woman Unclad just to start looking. Nigeria has been stripped Unclad and with the RUGA monstrosity on the works, the next thing is to start the deployment of troops to protect RUGA in their various locations of development.

It was bound to happen that the Fulani who have been taking so much out of Nigeria and have succeeded in binding Nigeria hand and foot politically and economically, will take the wrong step into the abyss one day. The logical culmination of all the rapaciousness would be the last ditch attempt at the ultimate land grab, to seize the lands belonging to indigenous communities and hand it over to Fulani.

Internecine war in different RUGA locations and different fronts is therefore inevitable. Communities will rage to keep their land or lose it to their eternal shame and regret. Communities, particularly in Igbo land will rather choose to be annihilated than lose their land to a hostile and predatory People.

Fulani have no land in Nigeria because they are not indigenous to Nigeria. They are migrants into Nigeria. The decision by the Fulani to seize land by force in Nigeria can only lead to war in the many places where this seizure will happen. The people must resist as of necessity. They have done so in the Central Africa Republic and reduced the country to rubble and they will do it again in Nigeria.


Fulani have no land in Nigeria because they are not indigenous to Nigeria


Buhari will be compelled to deploy police and soldiers to defend the settlements and war will be declared everywhere there is a RUGA settlement in Nigeria. Fulani have no land to hold dear and protect in Nigeria. In fact, Fulani have no stake or investment in the project called Nigeria and will not care if Nigeria burns, in fact Fulani will be very willing to let Nigeria burn if the people are not willing to submit to their overlordship.

Buhari will be compelled to deploy police and soldiers to defend the settlements and war will be declared everywhere there is a RUGA settlement in Nigeria

So they are minded to adopt a scorched earth policy to obliterate Nigeria. They have nothing to lose. They did it in CAR and they will do same in Nigeria. It will be the responsibility of the indigenous people of Nigeria to find common grounds to protect the land of their ancestral inheritance and prevent the Fulani from putting a knife on their unity and their need to bind themselves together in one nation, but they cannot do this without first containing the Fulani. Fulani will try to divide them.

Buhari and the Fulani oligarchs are counting strongly on deploying the armed forces to quell insurrections that will arise from this massive land grab, but that will be the Achilles heel of their grand plan. Once soldiers are armed to put down these insurrections, they will turn against their commanders to defend their communities. Nigerians should therefore await the great unraveling of their armed forces.

Do the Fulani have the firepower, the men and the capacity to fight? In the entire history of the Nigerian armed forces, the Hausa/Fulani officers and enlisted men have always been promoted far beyond their qualifications and competencies. The capacity to fight and man the different departments of modern warfare will be put to overwhelming test in any ensuing encounter.

The Fulani never fight an enemy in a frontal war. They attack isolated and undefended villages. In any direct confrontation, they run away. It was evident even in the battle of Bangui. Well armed Fulani soldiers could not take on street gangs with flint guns and machetes. It has also shown in the war against Boko Haram. The poor performance of commanders of their ethnic stock is a bad joke among soldiers in the front.


The Fulani never fight an enemy in a frontal war. They attack isolated and undefended villages.

Hausa/Fulani soldier had to be sorted out and protected from slaughter by Boko Haram forces. This is not to talk of unending betrayals of their Christian colleagues and commanders in the battlefront.
Buhari, a Fulani irredentist, will use to his advantage and for the benifits of his agenda to divide, the ethnic and religious cleavages among the people of Nigeria. 

But the people aught to know that the Fulani are friends to no one and that a Fulani friend today can become an adversary tomorrow. You are only friend to Fulani for as long as you continue to serve a purpose in their overall plan.

Let the talk cease and the battle begin.

Friday, June 21, 2019

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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Fulani Herdsmen Attack Delta Town, Hacked a Woman in the Farm
Fulani herdsmen in Delta

Herdsmen with machetes are said to have attacked Owa-Alero in Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State, hacking a woman working on her farm.
Owa-Alero is the home town of the executive governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa.
Mrs Jomo Nwahamdi was hacked with machetes and left to die on her farm, but was fortunately rescued and rushed to the hospital where medical practitioners are battling to save her.
A resident, John Ugba, said the victim is being revived at Government Hospital, Owa-Alero.

Senator Akpabio defends his Defection to APC
Akpabio: Why I defected to APC

THE minority leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, on Tuesday told a Federal High Court in Abuja that he defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to avoid becoming a political orphan after he was suspended and subsequently expelled from the PDP.
Meanwhile, the former Akwa Ibom State governor has urged the court to dismiss the suit seeking his removal along with 57 lawmakers from the National Assembly on account of their defection last year for being incompetent.
His counsel, Sunday Ameh, (SAN), argued that an advocacy group, Legal Aids Assistant Project, (LEDAP) which instituted the case, did so without having any locus standi.
The lawmaker insisted that LEDAP was not a political party or member of the National Assembly and as such could not cry for the political parties, where the federal law makers decamped from.
Explaining the circumstances of his defection to the APC, Akpabio told Justice Okon Abang that he was suspended from the People’s Democratic Party by his immediate ward and was later expelled from the same PDP at the local government level, adding that in line with the provision of Section 40 of 1999 constitution, he had to opt for the All Progressives Congress (APC), as the alternative party to actualise his interest.
Akpabio who tendered two exhibits to support his claim explained before the court informed Justice Abang that an uncommon situation was foisted on him, having been thrown out of PDP by the officials of the party.
He, therefore, urged the court to take judicial notice of the two letters of July and August 2018, by PDP which conveyed his suspension and later expulsion to him.
In addition, the Akwa Ibom senator prayed the court to accept the peculiar fact that he did not willingly abandon or decamp from the PDP that sponsored him in the 2015/senatorial election, but as a result of the action of the party against him.
He further told the court that he joined APC so as to prevent himself from becoming a political orphan and to actualise his political ambition.
‘In order not to fall prey into the political gang up and to avoid been turned to a political orphan, I had to take advantage of my right under Section 40 of the 1999 constitution, to join APC that was willing to accept me after PDP had thrown me out.”
Akpabio said that in the instant case, the plaintiffs should not be allowed to cry more than the bereaved because they were not PDP and federal law makers and as such their suit was incompetent, lacking in merit and liable to dismissal and should be dismissed.
His counsel to Saraki, Mahmood Magaji, (SAN), in his own argument, insisted that the suit was an abuse of court process because Section 40 of the 1999 constitution allows the defendant to associate with political parties of thier choice.


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The Fastest Man in the World Now is a Nigerian


Nigerian athlete, Divine Oduduru, on Saturday ran a 100m/200m double at the Michael Johnson Classicin Waco, Texas.

The 22-year-old student of Texas Tech University posted the fastest time in the world, this year, in the 100m of 9.95 seconds, beating his personal best time by 0.1 seconds.

45 minutes later Oduduru returned to track and clocked another impressive time of 19.76 seconds in the 200m which is the #2 all time and World lead in 2019.

Shortly after achieving the feat, he told TexasTechTF: “I worked for it and I got it.”.

“In my 35 years of coaching, I’ve never seen anything like it,” Tech coach Wes Kittley said after Oduduru recorded the double wins in the 100m and 200m events.

“To run that 9.94 and then 40 minutes later, ran the 200. This was a really tight schedule and pretty spectacular performances that close together.”



Credit Source: Tori.Ng

Monday, April 08, 2019

Tech: South Korea Launches World's 1st 5G Networks



The world’s firstfully-fledged 5G mobile networks launches in South Korea on Friday.

It’s a transformational leap that could potentially change the day-to-day lives of billions of people.

“ Until today, we have installed 35,000 units of 5G base stations nationwide. Symbolically, we have also installed them in Dokdo and Hallasan. By the end of this year, we will have installed a total of 70,000 units of 5G base stations, which practically means we have created and tested usable 5G network ”, said Park Jung-Ho, CEO of SK Telecom.
By the end of this year, we will have installed a total of 70,000 units of 5G base stations, which practically means we have created and tested usable 5G network.
The superfast communications backed by a fifth-generation wireless technology, will ultimately impact everything: from toasters, telephones, and electric cars.

But while the East Asian nation has won the race to be the first to provide the user experience, this is only one part of a wider battle that has pit the United States against China and entrapped giants including Huawei.

Hyper-wired South Korea has for long had a reputation for technical prowess and Seoul has made the 5G rollout a priority as it seeks to revive shattering economic growth.

The 5G mobile networks will bring smartphones near- instant connectivity, 20 times faster than the existing 4G that is allowing users to download entire movies in less than a second.

5G is said to herald a new level of connectivity and speed. The network is expected to rake in some $565 billion in global economic benefits, according to London-based Global System for Mobile Communications, an industry alliance.

An industry player predicts that more than 3 million South Koreans will switch to 5G by the end of the year.


Credit Source: African News
Football: Senegal Leads Africa in the Latest FIFA Ranking



Senegal’s national team, the Teranga Lions, are Africa’s top team according to the latest ranking (March 2019) by football world governing body, FIFA.

The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking released on April 4 ranked Senegal 23rd sandwiched between Iran and the United States. The Lions grossed 1515 points and moved one spot from the last ranking.
Tunisia, Nigeria, Morocco and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), completed the top five slots for Africa. Along with Ghana, they were the only Confederation of African Football, CAF, teams to make the top 50.

The biggest mover in March was Tanzania (131st, up 6) after the latter booked their place in Africa Cup of Nations slated for Egypt later this year.

DRC who are also heading to Egypt moved 5 slots up whiles Burkina Faso, Nigeria and Lesotho all moved four slots up. Lesotho and Burkina Faso are not going to the AFCON.

The top 10 slots are as follows:

  • Senegal
  • Tunisia
  • Nigeria
  • Morocco
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Ghana
  • Cameroon
  • Egypt
  • Burkina Faso
  • Mali

Key points from the report:

While there were 150 games played across the globe during the international period, things remain tight at the top of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking as the top three remained unchanged.

This sees Belgium (1st, unchanged) maintain a slender lead – growing it marginally to three points – over 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ winners France (2nd, unchanged). Brazil (3rd, unchanged), however, are looking over their shoulders somewhat as England (4th, up 1) leapfrogged World Cup finalists Croatia (5th, down 1).

Uruguay (6th, up 1) are the only other movers within the top ten, whereas a dramatic win for Germany (13th, up 3) saw them overtake defeated opponents the Netherlands (16th, down 2), as well as Sweden (14th, unchanged) and Chile (15th, down 2).

Israel (84th, up  8) enjoyed the biggest jump of all, followed closely by Guatemala (143rd, up 6) and Tanzania (131st, up 6) after the latter booked their CAF Africa Cup of Nations place.

Two other sides preparing to appear at Africa’s showpiece in June, Congo DR (46th, up 5) and Ghana (49th, up 3), were the only two sides to breach the top 50, while Kosovo (127th, plus 3) continued their steady climb up the World Ranking.


Credit Source: African News
Algerians Celebrate over President Bouteflika's Resignation


Algerian protesters gathered in Paris on Sunday to celebrate the resignation of ex-President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. They want reformed political structure in their home country.

“ The day we heard that (former Algerian president Abdelaziz) Bouteflika had resigned, we spent a sleepless night in Algiers. It was euphoric. I can’t say anything more than that. It was euphoria “, said 59- year old Toufik.

For 42-year old analyst in geopolitics, “ first of all, I feel security, stability and a lot of hope. Boutelika’s resignation helped the Algerian people get back what they have the right to have, meaning the keys to their home “.
Boutelika's resignation helped the Algerian people get back what they have the right to have, meaning the keys to their home.
More than one hundred people also demonstrated in Marseille for a more democratic Algeria. These protesters are all hoping for a change in the political landscape.

The 82-year old’s resignation follows six weeks of protests demanding democratic reforms after almost 60 years of rule by veterans of the 1954-62 independence war against France.
Bouteflika came to power in 1999.


Credit Source: African News
Malawi: President Peter Mutharika Solicits voters for Second Term



Malawi’s president Peter Mutharika on Sunday officially his re-election campaign, asking voters to hand his Democratic Progressive Party another mandate in next month´s elections.

Mutharika, who has been in power since 2014, will face tough opposition, including from his own deputy Saulos Chilima, at the May 21 election.

“This is the most important campaign since 1994 when Malawi attained multi-party democracy,” Mutharika told over 5,000 supporters at the Kamuzu Institute of Youth in Lilongwe.
We are ready to take Malawi further from poverty to prosperity.
“This year we choose between going forward or going backwards.”
His government has been dogged by several high-profile cases of corruption and nepotism.

Mutharika’s manifesto

Last November, Mutharika himself was forced to return a $200,000 donation from a businessman facing a corruption case in a $3-million contract to supply food to the Malawi police.

But on Sunday he told his supporters: “In 2014, we made promises and kept the promises.
“We are government that has done more in the last five years than any government has done in the history of Malawi.

“We are ready to take Malawi further from poverty to prosperity,” he told the jubilant crowd.
And he held his hand out to the opposition, calling on them to “just come and join us so that we build together, because they are not presenting any new ideas”.

Rival contenders

Mutharika, 78, defeated the incumbent Joyce Banda in the 2014 presidential elections. Next month, he faces three challengers, including his own Vice President Chilima.

Chilima, 48, quit Mutharika´s party to form the United Transformation Movement, while staying on as vice president. Under Malawi law, the president cannot fire the vice president.

The other two contenders are Lazarus Chakwera, head of the main opposition Malawi Congress Party (MCP); and Atupele Muluzi, health minister in Mutharika´s government.

Former baptist preacher Chakwera, 64, is running with the support of former president Banda.
Atupele Muluzi, 41, who launched his party´s manifesto in Lilongwe on Sunday, inherited the United Democratic Front from his father, Malawi’s third president Bakili Muluzi.

The party entered into a parliamentary alliance with the president’s party after Muluzi came fourth in the 2014 elections.

About half of Malawi’s 18 million population live below the poverty line, according to the World Bank, and the country relies on foreign aid.

Food shortages, power outages and ballooning external debt have hurt Mutharika’s popularity ahead of the vote.


Credit Source: African News
Nigeria: Zamfara Gold Mining on Ban amidst Banditry



The Nigerian government on Sunday announced a ban on mining activities in the northern Zamfara State. The move is in line with the wider state of insecurity in the state.

 
The government said the decision is in line with intelligence reports that show a “strong and glaring nexus between the activities of armed bandits and illicit miners – with both mutually re-enforcing each other.

The three directives issued were as follows:
  • 1. Mining activities in Zamfara and other affected States are hereby suspended with immediate effect.
  • 2. Consequently, any mining operator who engages in mining activities in the affected locations henceforth will have his licence revoked.
  • 3. All foreigners operating in the mining fields should close and leave within 48 hours.
The Nigeria Police Force has commenced, in collaboration with the Nigerian military and other security services, “Operation PUFF-ADDER” which is a full-scale security offensive against the bandits.

The operation is aimed at:
- reclaiming every public space under the control of the bandits
- arresting and bringing to book all perpetrators of violence in the affected areas, and their collaborators
- achieving total destruction of all criminal camps and hideouts
- mopping up all illicit weapons fueling the violence and attaining a full restoration of law and order in the affected communities.

Buhari decries ‘ridiculous’ claims of apathy to insecurity in Zamfara

President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has strongly rejected claims that he is indifferent to insecurity in the northwestern Zamfara State.

Buhari who on Saturday was widely reported from Jordan as saying he was the most unhappiest president in the world because of the security crisis in the state used his social media handles to directly respond to the reports.

He called the claims ridiculous and unfair stressing that protection of citizens was one of his primary responsibilities and functions. No other issue dominates my attention as much, he said.

He further disclosed being in touch with security chiefs over the crisis. Reiterating the multi-sector operations by different agencies to improve the security situation across the country.

According to him, it was important for all Nigerians to rally round a common enemy and not to politicize the issue in Zamfara. 

“Let me again offer our deepest condolences to all the victims and their families and loved ones. We feel your pains, and there is nothing more important to me at this time than ensuring that these bandits and criminals are completely neutralized,” his statement concluded.

On Saturday, activists staged a demonstration in the capital Abuja against the ongoing insecurity crisis in Zamfara. A leader of the group decried the indifference of the federal government whiles slamming the outgoing governor as useless.

The killings, kidnapping and banditry in the region has been on for the past few months. People on social media have rallied support for the deteriorating situation often calling out the federal government over its seeming lack of attention.

Buhari won in Zamfara in the February 23 elections whiles the ruling All Progressive Congress’ candidate also won the gubernatorial polls. Outgoing governor was also elected as a Senator for the state.

Nigeria’s security situation is a complex mix that has a concentration of efforts in the northeast seeking to keep out Boko Haram and the Islamic State. In 2018, communal clashes also led to deaths of thousands across the middle belt.

The north central and parts of the northwest especially Kaduna and Zamfara States have routinely suffered kidnapping and banditry. It is widely reported that security agencies are stretched in seeking to root out insecurity.


Credit: Source

Saturday, February 09, 2019

Okezie Ikpeazu’s Self Imposed Woes And A Warning To Future Office Holders by Dodoh Okafor
Picture of Aba under Gov Okezie Ikpeazu


This post is Dodoh Okafor's opinion on the perceived misrule of Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State.

It is a shame that the current governor of Abia state is more of a vassal to his predecessor- Mr Theodore Orji and his son- Chinedu. Mr Ikpeazu does indeed deserve pity for rather than stamp his feet on the ground and assert himself as the governor, he has continued to answer endless summons by the Orji family over every innocuous pronouncement or action he takes.

The Abia state governor has never had a moment of respite in the 44 months since he ascended the throne of Abia governorship- albeit on a stolen mandate. He is always constantly reminded by his benefactors that he could not have had any access to the inner chambers of the government house had it not been for them.

The governor of course knows too well that he has no business being at the government house had it not been for the Orjis so he dare not argue or as much as express an opinion where a Theodore or Chinedu is present.

Abia State resources- IGR, FAAC, Intervention Funds, Loans, Grants from multilateral agencies- are butchered long in advance before Ikpeazu even gets an idea of how much has been realised from each income stream.

I understand that more than 60% of the state’s income is funnelled to the godfathers through the backdoor every month in the form of direct transfers and payment for questionable consultancy services.

It may shock you to note that project costs are highest in Abia State when compared with what obtains in other states. As against the average national average of 200million naira per kilometre for road rehabilitations, the Ikpeazu government pay over a billion naira for the fixing of 1 kilometre of road.

Abians would have had next-to-no reason to complain if the projects are executed and delivered at the humongous sum. Hell no, the Aba road in Umuahia for example has remained uncompleted in the last 40 months- despite the huge sum voted for its completion.

The average cost of building a double lane flyover in other Igbo states is 1.8 billion naira. Okezie Ikpeazu is however paying over 5 billion naira for a single lane flyover at Osisioma. Tragically- it appears all the money paid for the project has gone under as any hope of completion of the project by the administration had since been tossed aside.

How did Abia pay a whopping 5 billion naira for a one-lane flyover with practically nothing to show for it? This is a question auditors and forensic investigators will seek to find answers to as soon as a new administration takes over this May.

Mr Ikpeazu’s government has been remarkable only in its gross failure and grand incompetence. It is a shame that certain elementary demands of governance such as payment of salaries, pensions and environmental sanitation have all been completely abandoned.

Ikpeazu has made a habit of pointing accusing fingers at anyone but himself when trying to explain his woeful run as governor- the worst ever.

He has blamed Mr Alex Otti of APGA for “distracting him.” This has however proven to be a fat lie because Mr Chris Ngige today is regarded by many as a champion of Anambra liberation struggle despite the endless legal battle Mr Peter Obi (rightfully) instituted against him which ultimately cost him his seat.

In under 40 months- Mr Ngige set a new bar on development in Anambra state, reawakened the state to a new consciousness and made people realise that our development is by no means arrested by “Hausa-Fulanis” as Mr Nnamdi Kanu tries to brainwash his followers into believing.

Ngige- who like Okezie Ikpeazu rose to become governor on the strength of a stolen mandate- did demonstrate that our biggest problem in Igboland are selfish and unconscionable political rulers who do not give a damn about development.

Mr Ngige in his relatively short term opened up several access roads in Anambra, built new ones, cleared outstanding arrears of teachers, civil servants and made Anambra a place to reckon with in Nigeria once again.

Many had imagined that in Okezie Ikpeazu, Abia would have her own Chris Ngige- a man who would stand up to the godfathers to align with the people and turn the fortunes of the state around. How sad many were when it became public knowledge that Mr Ikpeazu does not possess Chris Ngige’s balls.

Theodore and Chinedu Orji are not the only forces holding Mr Ikpeazu down- matter of fact- the Orji family is only a secondary factor. Mr Ikpeazu’s biggest undoing is his lack of moral character. A leader whose moral bars are generally acknowledged to be very low is automatically open to all forms of manipulations.

It is therefore easy to understand why the Abia state governor has remained hostage to all sorts of interests- blackmailers, his kinsmen and those who insist that they too are entitled to the finest wines and spirit in the market.

Mr Ikpeazu would forever be remembered as the man who as Chinua Achebe would say- managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. This man could have been the father of a new Abia- he could have been a champion of people’s liberation who would wipe the tears of criminal leadership from our state.

Sadly- our memory of the Ikpeazu government would only be that of a failure who rather than take the yoke of bad rulership off our necks elected to perpetuate it. He will go down in infamy and his name shall forever be remembered in scorn and derision.

For Ndi Abia however, a new opportunity beckons and we all must be committed to doing whatever it takes to see the back of Mr Ikpeazu and his backers.

In the guber election billed for the 2nd of March this year- Abians will have the opportunity of electing someone who truly understands the dynamics of modern development, one whose moral character cannot be impugned and a leader who does not need to help himself with the resources of the state because he is made.

I encourage all of us to be prepared to vote and defend our votes on Saturday, 2nd of March. The PDP appataricks would attempt all sorts of tricks and intimidation to retain political control of the state but we must stop them.

Appeal to sentiments must be cast aside. We have no interest in equity or Ikpeazu’s version of “social justice.” We are only interested in development and improved standard of living. We want our children back to school and quality jobs when they graduate.

The Ikpeazu debacle must forever teach us a lesson or two. One- we must never sublet leadership recruitment process to the elites ever again. We must be prepared to hire the best at all times.

Thanks for reading- have a nice weekend and may God bless and keep you. Remember to make peace with the Creator by reconciling with His only begotten Son Jesus Christ. He knows the way.


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