“If there was no secession by the late General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, there would not have been war. We tried all we could not to go to war. At the Aburi meeting (held in Ghana in January to forestall the imminent war), all that was demanded by Ojukwu, including my position, were granted.

I am hearing this (in bold) for the first time. Can anyone corroborate that claim?

•Awo, others bag posthumous awards
•Ojukwu would have ruled Nigeria —Gowon
•Says Islamisation, plan of Boko Haram, not northern agenda


Written by Dare Adekanmbi Tuesday, 08 May 2012

POSTHUMOUS awards were, on Sunday, conferred on the tripod of Nigeria’s independence and First Republic leaders, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, Sir Ahmadu Bello and Chief Nnamdi Azikiwe.

Daughter of the sage, Dr Tokunbo Awolowo-Dosumu, received the honour on behalf of the Awolowo family.

Speaking on the occasion of the 2011 Man of the Year and Lifetime Achievement Awards organised by the Silverbird Group in Lagos, former military head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), said Igbo leader and Biafran warlord, the late General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu would have succeeded in ruling the country if he had not been checkmated when he declared the Republic of Biafra and consequently sparked the civil war in 1967.

The former head of state, who came to power in the nation’s second military putsch on July 29, 1966 and ruled till July 29, 1975 when his regime was toppled in another coup that led to the installation of the late General Murtala Muhammed, spoke against the background of a documentary on the fratricidal war shown at the ceremony.

Reliving some of the events of the civil war fought between July 6, 1967 and January 12, 1970, Gowon described it as a needless war and one never to be wished for again, adding that the war would not have arisen if Odumegwu-Ojukwu had not dismembered the eastern part from the rest of the country.

“If there was no secession by the late General Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, there would not have been war. We tried all we could not to go to war. At the Aburi meeting (held in Ghana in January to forestall the imminent war), all that was demanded by Ojukwu, including my position, were granted.

“But his secession bid led to the war. If Ojukwu had succeeded, he would have been Nigerian and not Biafran leader. Nigerians and indeed the children who suffered during the war should forgive us,” Gowon said.

On the call for the Islamisation of the country by members of the Boko Haram sect, Gowon said the clamour was not an agenda of the North.

He charged the sect to table its grievances with the Federal Government for a dialogue instead of the bloodletting and wanton destruction of life and property of innocent people.

He chided advocates of sovereign national conference as doing so on their own terms, adding that the country was already sovereign.

Gowon, however, called for a conference to discuss the myriad of issues plaguing the country.

In his acceptance speech on the occasion, the presidential candidate of the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) in last year’s election, Major-General Buhari (retd), fingered lack of sincere political leadership as the bane of the country’s stunted progress and development.

The Katsina-born general said he was too young to quit politics, if he must continue to lend his support for the nation.

Comparing the nation’s current political class with the First Republic leaders, Buhari noted that the latter category of leaders was far better in terms of commitment to national growth and development as well as selfless leadership.

“Sir Ahmadu Bello developed the North through the Northern Nigerian Development Company. What did the Sardauna leave? I read in a book that he left 47 pounds and a house in Morocco given to him by a prince there.

“But what do we have today. Look at the pension scam alone. People who have served this country for 30 to 35 years are dying and some people are hiding billions of naira in their houses. Leadership is Nigeria’s problem. I believe in democracy. I believe in multiparty system,” he said.

Also speaking on the occasion, General Danjuma decried the level of poverty in the country, saying that nothing had accrued to the low class citizens who are resident in the rural areas of the country since the years of the oil boom.

Danjuma added that all money raised by his foundation towards helping the underprivileged was pittance when compared to the enormity of deprivation in the country, charging all to cultivate the attitude of giving as “nobody is too poor to give.”

It was a parade of northern stars at the ceremony that saw Gowon, Generals (retd) Muhammadu Buhari, and T.Y. Danjuma receive the Silverbird Lifetime Achievement awards.

via
The Nation

http://www.gbooza.com/group/nigeriapolitics/forum/topics/ojukwu-would-have-ruled-nigeria?xg_source=activity#axzz1uIORiXrr

Have Yoruba Muslims finally joined the fray? This is gonna be bloody. Let me pop my canned soda and chilax with some popcorn to see the movie.

Lagos suicide bomber arrested in Ikorodu

By EVELYN USMAN & BOSE ADEBAYO
IKORODU—An attempt by a 26-year-old-suspected suicide bomber* to blow up a church in Ikorodu area of Lagos was foiled, yesterday, following his* arrest.

The development threw residents into panic as news of* alleged infiltration of the* Boko Harm’s sect* into Lagos spread.

The suspected suicide bomber later identified as Olasunkanmi Ismail, reportedly scaled through the fence into Methodist Church at Ita-Elewa area of Ikorodu* about 7.30 am.

Suspecting his movement, some curious neighbours reportedly alerted the church’s securitymen, who subsequently apprehended Olasunkanmi, who was clad in a yellow T-shirt and a black trouser.

When searched, a can covered with a paper on which was scribbled ‘open in case of emergency’ was found in his pocket.

During interrogation, Ismail, who claimed he was sent to plant an explosive* on the church’s premises, refused to disclose the identity of the sender.

A mob which gathered in front of the church attempted to lynch him, but was prevented by the church’s presbyter, Rev. Mathew Ogunsiji,who* invited policemen from Ikorodu Division.

Men of the Anti-Bomb Squad later arrived the scene where a search was conducted round* the church’s premises and the suspect whisked away by policemen from Ikorodu Division.

Speaking with Vanguard, Rev. Ogusiji said the suspect was found hiding somewhere near the graveyard, adding that his attempt to escape was foiled by the church’s securitymen.

He said: “We were scared when he said he was sent to plant a bomb in the church. We then contacted the Commissioner of Police, who sent a team of anti-bomb squad to a search the premises but said they did not discover any bomb. This has sent a signal to us to improve on our security system which we hope to do.’’

Spokesman for the Anti Bomb* Explosive Ordance Disposal, EOD, Mr. Gbolahan, said it was a mere bomb scare.

According to him, “The issue is no issue, but just a scare. When our men were informed ,* our EOD technicians got there and* discovered a bottle covered with* an inscription, ‘in case of emergency.’

”The men applied EOD procedure* and swept the entire church premises, but did not find any bomb. There is no cause for alarm.” He assured Lagosians to go about their legal businesses.

Spokesman for the Lagos Police Command,* Joseph Jaiyeoba, corroborated Gbolahan’s claims,adding that investigation was on-going.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/04/m...-lagos-church/

The ebonyi almajiri school is a school for northern almajiris residing in Ebonyi
This is different than the school being built by the fed govt in Oyo and hopefully in Osun, Lagos and Ogun which is for indigenes

If yo doubt me, show me a post where almajiris in Ebonyi are known to be Ebonyi indigenes

This one here shows clearly that the almajiris in Yorubaland are Yorubas

https://www.nairaland.com/149827/emerging-social-almajiris-yorubaland

In any case, the Ebonyi project has been sent to the gallows.

The ebonyi almajiri school is a school for northern almajiris residing in Ebonyi
This is different than the school being built by the fed govt in Oyo and hopefully in Osun, Lagos and Ogun which is for indigenes

If yo doubt me, show me a post where almajiris in Ebonyi are known to be Ebonyi indigenes

This one here shows clearly that the almajiris in Yorubaland are Yorubas

https://www.nairaland.com/149827/emerging-social-almajiris-yorubaland

In any case, the Ebonyi project has been sent to the gallows.

This is for northerners resident in Ebonyi and after the outcry by Igbos it was stopped. Igbos want no almajiri in Igboland as you have it in the north and the SW

But

Odegbune (Urhobo/Itshekiri/Isoko) and Omoregrie (Edo) are not Igbo

Murder-suicide mom 'very good' mother: friends

Neighbors of a woman who killed herself and her three daughters at a Missouri campground on Saturday were shocked by the news, remembering her only as a "very good mom."

Christine Adewunmi, 37, and her children Lauren, 8, Samantha, 6, and Kate, 3 were found dead on a gravel road at the Blue Springs Ranch campground on Saturday.

"We are confident this was a triple-murder/suicide, with the mother doing the shooting," Crawford Country Sheriff Randy E. Martin said Monday.

But those who knew her described Adewunmi, a physical education teacher, as a friendly, dedicated mother.

http://articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-19/news/31211977_1_murder-suicide-mom-isom-dead-bodies

@Me Aboki:

At any one time, there could be 100s of 1000s of cows owned by northerners in major Igbo cities, towns and villages. True that these animals are moved around but they have always been safe at the point in time they are in Igboland. So the idea that Igbos are not welcoming of non-indigenes is hogwash. At least we do not go about killing strangers in our midst like northerners do; neither is erosion an exclusive menace in Nigeria, as there is acute desertification in the North, flooding in the West and all that. The answer to the question is obvious: the North does not believe in one Nigeria(just Dangote, perhaps) and so do not invest permanently elsewhere. Even the northern oil thieves have no physical presence in the SE/SS.

Even hausa/fulani, primitive as they are, can do better than killing each other for political gains. Yoruba politics is all about killing and '''ritualizing'' each other. Shameless m-n-e-s.

Apagun Olumide Was Strangled To Death, Reveals Autopsy

http://thewillnigeria.com/politics/13090-Apagun-Olumide-Was-Strangled-Death-Reveals-Autopsy.html

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/40379-oil-spill-court-orders-shell-to-pay-imo-communities-n4b.html

Oil spill: Court orders Shell to pay Imo communities N4b
By Bisi Olaniyi, Port Harcourt 20 hours 10 minutes ago
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Justice Gladys Olotu of a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, yesterday ordered the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) to pay N4 billion as general damages to some communities in Imo State, for crude oil spillage.

The spill occurred on April 29, 1997.

Before filing the suit, a N900 million ex-gratia was made by Shell to the communities, for which they signed an undertaking that the full and final settlement for the oil spill had been made.

The affected communities are Umudike, Alimiri Umudike, Ekpe Agah, Ukpazizi Ekpe Mbede and Etekuru.

Shell’s pipeline ruptured along the Egbema-Assa delivery line, destroying the areas’ streams, swamps and forest, causing pollution and environmental degradation.

The communities, led by Sylvester Onyema Esiegwu and 11 others, through their counsel, Lucius Nwosu (SAN),filed the suit, demanding N5,408,000.000 as special damages, as assessed by their chartered valuation surveyors.

Justice Olotu said the course of justice would not be served, if she had to agree with Shell, based on the document corroborating the earlier agreement.

She reiterated that ex-gratia means favour and not right, stressing that the agreement with the communities could not stop their rights to claim adequate compensation.

The judge noted that the N4 billion would be for the indirect economic losses and negative environmental impact the communities had suffered, including loss of objects of reverence, totems, historical landmarks, air quality and associated fear and forced refugee status.

Experts’ report showed that the spillage was as a result of external corrosion on the pipeline, buried seven metres deep, but in the course of the trial, Shell alleged that the spill was caused by sabotage.

I doubt if you're laldy as you claim. You're so uncouth and unlearned

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Desola = Bkbabe97y = male. It is as clear as daylight.

afam4eva: There's criminality everywhere and northerners are not an exception. Though i think Northerners tend to be more honest than there southern counterparts. Let me also say that they are kind too. You can meet a northerner today today and ask the person to borrow you money even though the person does not know you that well. But borrowing money from a southerner that you've known for years is war.

The same average northerner turns round and kills you when there is a religious crisis that you, his so-called friend, is not involved in.

Hausa/Fulani kill Igbos and Yorubas and other non-Hausa/Fulani in the North. That should not be surprising as Igbos/Yoruba/other non-Hausa-Fulani are outnumbered there and can really not sustain a fight.

In the same vein, it is expected that Yoruba kill Igbos and northerners in the West due to their outnumbering of these non-indigenes

Same expectation if Igbos kill Hausa/Fulani (and they have done it) or Yorubas in the East.

What is surprising is that Hausa/Fulani kill Yorubas in Yorubaland despite being outnumbered in Yorubaland

Hausa/Fulani cannot even dream of attacking Igbos in Igboland, neither can they mute such ideas in the Niger Delta

Sapele people dealt with the abokis in Sapele and Aba and Onitsha people did same in their cities

Without a shred of doubt, Hausa/Fulani kill Yoruba in Oyo, Lagos, Ogun and take their land in Ekiti, Ondo and Ilorin. But can we the Niger Deltans and Igbos help Yorubas for once? Or do we sit back and let them be run aground by Hausa/Fulani?

Hausa/Fulani kill Igbos and Yorubas and other non-Hausa/Fulani in the North. That should not be surprising as Igbos/Yoruba/other non-Hausa-Fulani are outnumbered there and can really not sustain a fight.

In the same vein, it is expected that Yoruba kill Igbos and northerners in the West due to their outnumbering of these non-indigenes

Same expectation if Igbos kill Hausa/Fulani (and they have done it) or Yorubas in the East.

What is surprising is that Hausa/Fulani kill Yorubas in Yorubaland despite being outnumbered in Yorubaland

Hausa/Fulani cannot even dream of attacking Igbos in Igboland, neither can they mute such ideas in the Niger Delta

Sapele people dealt with the abokis in Sapele and Aba and Onitsha people did same in their cities

Hausa/Fulani kill Yoruba in Oyo, Lagos, Ogun and take their land in Ekiti, Ondo and Ilorin. Can we the Niger Deltans and Igbos help Yorubas for once? Or do we sit back and let them be run aground by Hausa/Fulani?

Others are Emeka Omeruah former Governor of Anambra and his brother Paul Omeruah former Governor of Kogi as well as Vice-Admiral Chijioke Kaja a former member of IBB's provisional ruling council.


Thpse two are from Ikwuano LGA in Abia State. Just in case you do not know

Can any northerner sincerely claim there is any evil taking place in the South that does not happen in the North and committed by average northerners, many of whom also ply their evil in the south? I can post 100s more of these articles but I'll stop at this point for now

Guard, 4-Man Gang Rob Woman Of N12m

http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/26/guard-4-man-gang-rob-woman-of-n12m/

Suspected ritualists pluck 56-yr-old man’s eyes, teeth

http://newnigerianpolitics.com/2012/02/06/suspected-ritualists-pluck-56-yr-old-man%E2%80%99s-eyes-teeth/

Birom Christians eat Roasted flesh of Muslims they Killed in Jos, Nigeria

Read more: http://www.newsrescue.com/2011/09/birom-christians-eat-roasted-flesh-of-muslims-they-killed-in-jos-nigeria/#ixzz1pbRX9rYN

Fulani Herdsman Attack A Pastor In Oyo

https://www.nairaland.com/896094/fulani-herdsman-attack-pastor-oyo

Poaching: 34 Fulani herdsmen, 24 hunters, others arrested

http://newnigerianpolitics.com/2012/03/13/poaching-34-fulani-herdsmen-24-hunters-others-arrested/

Robbers, rapists arrested in Kano

http://www.punchng.com/news/robbers-rapists-arrested-in-kano/

Delta police command has arrested 20 suspected interstate Fulani armed robbers who operated between Lagos, Osun, Edo , Delta Anambra Abia states.

http://asaba.com/?p=279

Our northern brothers have regaled us with stories of how they are the honest Nigerians while the southerners are the greedy evil BSs. So I ask, how honest is the average northerner (I am not even talking about leaders here nor about Boko Haram)?

Let's use these few facts as basis for the discussion. If I post many more articles on atrocities committed by average northerners here that are available on cyberspace, the NL server will probably blow up. But suffice to say that many of the armed robbery cases along Lagos-Ibadan and Lagos-Benin express ways are perpetrated by Fulani cattle rearers. There are now also many human ritualists in Northern Nigeria.

How my driver robbed me at gun point - Uzamere
By Onyedi Ojiabor 18/03/2012 16:16:00
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Uzamere Uzamere

Senator Ehigie Uzamere on Sunday narrated how he narrowly escaped death in the hand of his driver who robbed him at gun point.
The Action Congress of Nigerian (ACN) lawmaker said that he was on his way to Benin City, the Edo State capital to attend the party convention when his driver, Mallam Mohammed Ibrahim, allegedly turned on him dispossessing him of his car and vital documents.
He noted that Ibrahim, who is in his mid-thirties and hails from Niger State, suddenly pointed a gun to his head, dragged him out of his car, a black Mercedes Benz S 430, and sped off with his briefcase.
He described the documents taken away by Ibrahim, who had been with him for about seven years as “irreplaceable.”
He said: “It was around 12pm on Friday. We were on the way to the airport when I decided to check my briefcase.
“I discovered that part of the money inside had been taken. I asked my driver how that came to be since I left him in the car earlier when I went to the Chinese Embassy.
“I felt I will need some money for the activities slated for the convention. So I said take me back and let me find a solution to the missing money.
“But just before we reached my house (in Jabi) by the junction (of Ebitu Ukiwe and Bala Sokoto), the driver suddenly parked the car, came to my side and put a pistol on my head. He practically dragged me out and left in a jiffy,” Uzamere said.
The distraught lawmaker said that he was completely traumatized for several hours and could not leave for the ACN convention in Benin until early Saturday morning.
The run-away driver was said to have called a member of Uzamere’s family later, urging him to go and pick the senator's car somewhere in Life Camp area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.
Uzamere, who is Chairman of the Senate Committee on Foreign and Local Debts, said: “I give thanks to the Lord that I am still alive.
“It could have been worse. It is a setback for my programme . This is another example of how bad things have become and why we must all strive harder to make this country better for us all and for our children,” he added.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news-update/40189-how-my-driver-robbed-me-at-gun-point-uzamere.html

These folks are so ridiculous.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

New forms of begging on Lagos streets

by ADEOLA BALOGUN

Despite efforts to curb it, begging is back in full swing on the streets of Lagos, writes ADEOLA BALOGUN


New forms of begging on Lagos streets

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Begging, an act Lagos State frowns at, still thrives on the streets of the state.

SATURDAY PUNCH investigations have shown that begging has assumed new forms in the bustling metropolis and beggars are determined to sustain their means of livelihood.

Almost every day, groups of women dressed in white native buba and iro clothes of the Yoruba, invade parks, major bus stops and busy markets to beg for alms.

Described as worshippers of Osun, incidentally the Yoruba goddess of love and wealth, these women move in pairs, often mixing freely with the crowd. With tiny bells that jingle at every turn, they try to draw the attention of passersby.

On sighting a prospective benefactor, they would launch into a long chant, praising him in a manner so patronising that he would be forced to part with some cash.

Usually, the praises are accompanied with prayers for protection of the giver from his enemies.

SATURDAY PUNCH learnt that in Yoruba traditional religion, Osun is believed to be omnipresent and omnipotent. It is said that the deity embodies the cosmological forces of water, moisture and attraction. And so, her worshippers must be revered.

Another group of beggars known locally as 'Fine bara' are often found hanging around crowded and noisy places, such as bus stops. They are usually well-dressed, fluent and polite.

Most of the time, they choose their targets carefully and quietly walk up to them to beg alms. They seem to have redefined the act of surviving in the city in the face of mounting and seemingly insurmountable odds.

A third group of people surreptitiously plant themselves in commercial buses plying major routes in Lagos. As soon as the bus starts moving, they spring into action, preaching the Christian gospel to other passengers and praying for them.

These pseudo-evangelists remind the passengers about the importance of committing the day's business into the hand of God. Then, just as the vehicle approaches the final destination, they launch into prayers and handing each passenger an envelope, politely request donations in support of the 'ministry' or 'work of God.'

Commuters travelling on inter-state routes are also not spared in the prayer hawking game. The prayer 'warriors' lurk in bus parks and wait for passengers to board a vehicle before emerging to 'share the words of God' with them and to pray for a safe journey.

Aware that they have just a few minutes to talk to the passengers and get something in appreciation of their gesture, these preachers finally request handouts from the audience, saying 'God bless you as you help the work of God.'

As soon as he gets whatever the passengers are willing to drop, the prayer warrior recedes to his corner and waits for the next bus.

A fourth category of beggars neither solicit alms directly nor preach the gospel in disguise. They are neat, well dressed and speak fluent English. They loiter around busy places, patiently waiting for whoever they deem capable of parting with some cash.

When they eventually spot their target, they approach him quietly and in a deliberately contrived tone, recount a string of misfortunes that have befallen them in order to win his sympathy.

These artful beggars pretend to circumvent the subject, at first telling incredible tales of sorrow, often embellishing it with a brief account of how they got stranded in a particular place.

Then they tell their victim how much money they would need to proceed on their journey and apologize for troubling him with their problems.

Yet, another dimension to begging in Lagos is the existence of so-called 'mobile ministries.' This form of begging is common in places like Ojodu Berger, Ogba and Ojota bus stops.

Usually, the mobile 'preacher' attaches two or three specially built boxes to his cart. Although they are of different shapes and sizes, one feature common to all the boxes is the space created for 'offerings.' Without requesting it, the preacher expects passersby to drop in an occasional token, especially during rush hour.

In his reaction to the issue of begging by other means, Mr. Adedipupo Awofemi describes those who engage in it as very lazy. Awofemi, who works on Lagos, Island says he has no respect for anyone that hawks prayers.

He says, "Such people are just lazy and they lack shame. I encounter them every day on my way to work. But, after falling for their tricks initially, I have vowed never to give them anything again.

"A few years ago, I met a gentleman in a bus on my way from Ojodu-Berger to Lagos Island. His knowledge of the Bible was vast and his spoken English impeccable. As he was distributing tracts, he tucked in envelopes and without even asking us for money, most of the passengers put something in the envelopes.

"A few days later, I met the same person on the same route. As a Christian, I listened to what he said, but I did not fall for the envelope stuff again. I began to wonder why such a young man chose to live by begging indirectly. Since then, I have refused to give anyone who thinks he can exploit me to live, not again. "

Another resident of Lagos, Temitope Olutoye, says he gives arms only to the physically-challenged and those genuinely need financial assistance.

He says, "I am sure those women in white must have wondered what kind of man I am. There is nothing they have not said to flatter me. But I have not been moved to give them anything. Those who give them money know why they do so. I have made up my mind never in my life to throw money away."

Mr. Mutiu Daramola explains how a Muslim should give alms and warns that they could be held accountable for giving out money carelessly on Judgement Day.

He says, "My religion encourages alms-giving. But it forbids you to give money to people who spend the money in doubtful circumstances.

"As far as I am concerned, the women in white that you talked about are out of it because they indulge in idol worship. No smart guy that is supposed to look for something meaningful to do can force me to give him money to support any ministry."

The Opemolua of Ikateland, Chief Adesegun Elegushi, who is also the leader of all Osun worshippers in Lagos, frowns on those who beg for alms in the name of the goddess. Elegushi deplores the act of street begging among worshippers of the deity.

He says, "Osun is always in white clothes and this is not in any way related to poverty. We have banned those who take to begging on the streets and we have directed our police to go after them. Nobody that is abarameji (witch/wizard) can come near Osun. And as a worshipper of the goddess, you dare not engage in evil or she will expose you."

On Thursday, the streets of Ikeja, Yaba, Ojodu, Agege, and Ogba, a few of the areas where they are usually sighted in Lagos, were unusually without the familiar figures of female worshippers of the deity dressed in white clothes. Our correspondent learnt that they were absent because they had gone to perform a weekly ritual of sacrifices to Osun.

http://www.punchng.com/feature/new-forms-of-begging-on-lagos-streets/

na wa oh!

Oduasolja and other urchins engage your rabid selves here.

SOUTH-WEST REPORT
DANGER!
The growing army of Ibadan street kids
…NURTW threatens woman for keeping urchins off street

If you are held up by the traffic light at the Mokola Roundabout, Ibadan, Oyo State, a gang of kids would besiege your car and begin to wash the wind screen, whether you want it or not. They do it and sometimes leave it dirtier than it was.
If you are unsatisfied and refuse to give them the expected tip, you are sure to have your windscreen smeared. And God help you if your window is wound down, your face too would get splashed with soap water or even spit.

Meet Ibadan’s street kids, they are potentially deadly. They are everywhere in Ibadan and growing in population. Some of them are as young as three years. They report to the street urchins who hide under the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) to foment trouble. To survive, these kids run errands for these thugs, steal, pick pocket or just wait till death comes.

But a flicker of hope exists if the activities of Nazareth Home, run by Abiodun Adeola, a graduate of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, are anything to go by. She believes if the society continues to fold its arms and watch, these kids would grow and unleash terror on the society. They would replicate the Totenham, London riots of August 2011, where youths looted, burnt and unleashed mayhem on the city of London. Adeola is of the opinion that they would do worse things.

Sometime in 2009, while still in the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), this 30 year-old lady decided to embark on a night journey to Abuja from Ibadan. At about 10pm at the Iwo Road motor park, she saw a group of kids under the popular Iwo Road Bridge: “I was touched.” I asked myself, if there was no one in Ibadan to help these children? Do I need millions to touch lives? I could use the little I have to make an impact.”

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/mar/16/national-16-03-2012-021.html