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The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by mobidoo: 7:23am On Jul 30, 2016 |
Fifty years ago today, on July 29th 1966, a man by the name of Lt. Col. Francis Adekunle Fajuyi gave his life in defence of our country and the then Head of State, General Johnson Thomas Aguiyi-Ironsi. His killers were a group of northern army officers who participated in the so-called northern "revenge coup" of July 29th 1966. No less than 300 Igbo army officers were slaughtered that night together with a handful of yoruba soldiers, including Fajuyi. Major General Fajuyi was a yoruba man who opted to die in defence of an igbo Head of State. This was not only honorable and courageous but it was also unique and unprecedented. He was a selfless hero and a man that we shall honor and immortalise in the new Nigeria that is to come. Those that murdered him, General Aguiyi-Ironsi and the famous 300 in cold blood that night are still running the affairs of our country till today. They determine who is who and who gets what. They decide who our President will be and how long he will remain in power. As a matter of fact their hateful hegemony and evil intentions are even more pronounced and frightful today than they were in 1966 and their grip on the levers of power in our country is even stronger. Today they are fully in charge and some of those that actually shot Fajuyi are fully behind them. Yet despite their intention to dominate, silence, break and destroy the rest of us one thing remains clear: the Fajuyi spirit of courage, unity, selflesness and sacrifice has been imbued by millions in the southern and Middle Belt regions of our country. These are men and women that are prepared to stand shoulder to shoulder with the oppressed of our nation, whether they be Niger Deltans, Igbos, Yorubas? Middle Belters or anything else. These are men and women that are prepared to resist the perfidious religious and ethnic agenda of the "born to rule" in our midst and that recognise the fact that they regard the rest of us as nothing but slaves. When it comes to southern rights and interests we the Yoruba particularly must learn a lesson from our own son Fajuyi and emulate his example. Like him, if necessary, we must be ready to sacrifice our lives and liberty in defence of any or all of our southern and Middle Belt bretheren that are facing persecution, genocide and injustice at the hands of our collective slave masters. It is also time for us to appreciate the fact that if we truly want to be free we must extend our hand of friendship across the River Niger to the Igbo and we must see their bitter travails as being ours as well. We must also feel the pain when an Igbo or Niger-Deltan youth is slaughtered by President Buhari's army in the name of "crushing all opposition and dissent" and "keeping Nigeria one". We must also feel the pain when an Igbo or Niger-Deltan youth is slaughtered by President Buhari's army in the name of "crushing all opposition and dissent" and "keeping Nigeria one". We must acknowledge the fact that Nigeria cannot remain one as long as there is ethnic and religious bigotry, oppression and injustice. We must appreciate the fact that there can never be southern, or indeed Middle Belt, emancipation without southern unity. Fajuyi understood that point 50 years ago. Consequently he opted to resist the evil in the and and die for it. He was indeed a true martyr. He paid the supreme price for his fellow southerner and he stood against northern adventurism, oppression, domination and hegemony. 50 years later it is time for the rest of us to do the same. It is time for us to acknowledge and honor his sacrifice and come together as one. It is time for us to stand up, look at our collective oppressors in the eye and say "no more". No longer should we bow our heads in submission, servility and shame. It is time for us to rise up, invoke the power of the Living God and be men. May the gallant and beautiful soul of Major General Fajuyi continue to rest in eternal peace and may those that murdered him 50 years ago be brought to http://www.lindaikejisblog.com/2016/07/the-fajuyi-spirit-by-femi-fani-kayode.html?m=1. 2 Likes
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Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by mobidoo: 7:27am On Jul 30, 2016 |
I know that this will make it to front page, cos I belive in equity and oneness in Nigeria by segun |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by mazichika: 7:35am On Jul 30, 2016 |
RIP fajuyi!
A loyal friend. |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by seunmsg(m): 7:46am On Jul 30, 2016 |
Fajuyi is a real hero who understood what loyalty is all about in his time. We however can't say the same thing about FFK who has a history of betrayal once the price is right. FFK represents the very worst of Nigeria's political elites with his corrupt nature and absolute lack of principle and dignity. Such a character with no morality should not be the one to sermonise about Fajuyis act of loyalty. He moved from criticising the OBJs government of 1999-2003 to becoming the attack dog of the same regime from 2003 to 2007. He did the same flip flop of criticising the Jonathan regime from 2010 only to turn around in 2014 to become the campaign director of the same Jonathan he once demonised. He has started again by criticising Buhari with the hope that the president will also invite him to be a part of his government. This time around, he will definitely end up in prison and not in any juicy government office. 3 Likes |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by Nobody: 7:54am On Jul 30, 2016 |
it's such a pity that ibos will call Yorubas cowards. The noble action of fajuyi is greater and braver than what Ojukwu ever accomplished,Ojukwu protacted a war that claimed the lives of millions of his people but couldn't wait to receive just one bullet,only to bolt away to Ivory coast in a woman's flowing gown. 3 Likes |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by modath(f): 8:01am On Jul 30, 2016 |
May the gallant and beautiful soul of Major General Fajuyi continue to rest in eternal peace. honorable and courageous but it was also unique and unprecedented. He was a selfless hero and a man that we shall honor and immortalise in the new Nigeria that is to come. These are the only part that make a bit of sense.... The divisive long throat rabble rouser should not do any southern attache, Fajuyi did the honourable thing and will forever remain celebrated for it, Ironsi's being Ibo wasn't the deciding factor.... He would have done same for a Gbagyi, Nupe , Berom or Fulani man... How would he have been able to hold his head up high if he just sat like a lame duck and watched his guest killed withot raising any objection... Good breeding, morals and ethic forbid it.. ![]() 3 Likes 1 Share |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by EazyMoh(m): 8:11am On Jul 30, 2016 |
Must you people demonize the north to make a point? So what FFK is saying is that if the head of state were from the north and the coup plotters came he wouldn't have done what he did? Because FFK is trying to paint Fajuyi as doing it solely to resist the north and foster southern unity. You can't eat your cake and have it at the same time. You can't clamor for a developed, united and peaceful Nigeria (or southern Nigeria) while demonizing the entire North. it's just not possible. What you are trying to do is South Sudan, in reverse. |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by Tunami(m): 8:14am On Jul 30, 2016 |
ninety percent of Nigerians are tribalists, we see ourselves as yoruba, hausa, ibo than Nigerians and thats one of the major causes of the stagnant growth of our nation. |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by seunmsg(m): 8:19am On Jul 30, 2016 |
modath: Gbam! 1 Like |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by modath(f): 8:24am On Jul 30, 2016 |
seunmsg: FFK is both an hungry and dangerous man,he delights in creating chaos.. that he has an Ibo mistress today does not mean he won't turn against them tommorrow.. Implying that there is a southern coalition. FOR WHERE? 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: The Fajuyi Spirit - By Femi Fani-kayode by malele(m): 8:34am On Jul 30, 2016 |
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