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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:33am On Oct 30, 2017 |
Two years in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. Chai!
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:46am On Oct 30, 2017 |
9jaDoc: I think Fela is the most anti-authoritarian and free-spirited Nigerian that ever lived, though I don't support his paganism.
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 1:47am On Oct 30, 2017 |
And Fela's own was against SOLDIERS not just police
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:19am On Oct 30, 2017 |
What a rebellious but FREE spirit
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 6:06am On Oct 30, 2017 |
And he married 27 wives in one day, 28 in all. 28!!
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 6:17am On Oct 30, 2017 |
How did you meet Fela? I used to take food to an uncle of mine known as Gabriel Okpaku who had a recording studio. I would take the food to him there. One day, when I got to the studio, he locked me in the dark room and walked away, leaving me with Fela who was visiting him at the time. I had sex with Fela that day. Did you eventually marry Fela officially? Yes, I did. I was one of the 27 women Fela married in one day. His friend took us to his house first before we were taken to a high court for the wedding. The people at the court said we were underage and that Fela should be arrested for even thinking of luring us into marriage.
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 7:05am On Oct 30, 2017 |
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 7:07am On Oct 30, 2017 |
9jaDoc: ** Murtala and Ibrahim Taiwo
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by mesoprogress(m): 1:01pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
Mujtahida: Please remove my username from your trail, messages, everything |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 3:58pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:23pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: So... Moving on... @ bolded. We are now up to #6 Remember I said: I think most of these things are explainable and I don't think any of them necessarily disqualifies Awo from being a hero, especially to the Yorubas. I'll expatiate in my following posts. I will now continue addressing the points. 1 Like |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 4:45pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
So now the 6th controversy: 6) That Gowon promised him rulership of a re-united Nigeria once the war was won. That he resigned from Gowon's administration in 1971 because Gowon reneged on that promise. Though I don't think there is direct proof of this at least in the public domain, I think that Awo's dramatic shift in position in a matter of weeks suggests that SOMETHING transpired. He was of course made privy of the unbelievable amount already being paid for oil which was located in the East. But could be more than just that: the Awo who made the speech below on May 1st was very different from the Awo beating war drums few weeks later. Here is Awo on May 1st 1967: If it is claimed that an attack on the East is going to be launched by the Federal Government and not by the North as such and that it is designed to ensure the unity and integrity of the Federation, two other insuperable points also become obvious. First, if a war against the East becomes a necessity it must be agreed to unanimously by the remaining units of the Federation. In this connection, the West, Mid- West and Lagos have declared their implacable opposition to the use of force in solving the present problem. In the face of such declarations by three out of remaining four territories of Nigeria, a war against the East could only be a war favoured by the North alone. 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... That revenue should be allocated strictly on the basis of derivation; that is to say after the Federal Government has deducted its own share for its own services the rest should be allocated to the regions to which they are attributable. That the existing public debt of the Federation should become the responsibility of the regions on the basis of the location of the projects in respect of each debt whether internal or external. That each region should have and control its own militia and police force. That, with immediate effect, all military personnel should be posted to their regions of origin…. If we are to live in harmony one with another as Nigerians it is imperative that these demands and others which are not related, should be met without further delay by those who have hitherto resisted them. To those who may argue that the acceptance of these demands will amount to transforming Nigeria into a federation with a weak central government, my comment is that any link however tenuous, which keeps the East in the Nigerian union, is better in my view than no link at all. Before the Western delegates went to Lagos to attend the meetings of the ad hoc committee, they were given a clear mandate that if any region should opt out of the Federation of Nigeria, then the Federation should be considered to be at an end, and that the Western Region and Lagos should also opt out of it. It would then be up to Western Nigeria and Lagos as an independent sovereign state to enter into association with any of the Nigerian units of its own choosing, and on terms mutually acceptable to them. I see no reason for departing from this mandate. If any region in Nigeria considers itself strong enough to compel us to enter into association with it on its own terms, I would only wish such a region luck. But such luck, I must warn, will, in the long run be no better than that which has attended the doings of all colonial powers down the ages. This much I must say in addition, on this point. We have neither military might nor the overwhelming advantage of numbers here in Western Nigeria and Lagos. But we have justice of a noble and imperishable cause on our side, namely: the right of a people to unfettered self-determination. If this is so, then God is on our side, and if God is with us then we have nothing whatsoever in this world to fear. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by Nobody: 5:19pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Even hitler is a hero to millions of Europeans who supported the NAZI 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 5:47pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Please don't mention Awo and Hitler in the same sentence. They are not in the same league at all. Hitler was an evil monster who exterminated 6 million Jews. Awo was a simple, God-believing, true socialist later corrupted by access to too much money. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 6:15pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Exactly. Ok, he didn't exterminate 6 million BUT he encouraged this...
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by Nobody: 6:33pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: So hitler is not a God believer , Awo encouraged the use of starvation as a tool of war, hitler did the exact same thing, that places Hitler n Awolowo side by side. Meanwhile what was the population of Jews in 1939/1945 Hitler didn't kill 6 million Jews . 2 Likes |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by Nobody: 6:34pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: What is paganism?? |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 9:21pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Hitler was always evil. I'd say Awo was a decent person up till the start of the war. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 9:30pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Also he had a somewhat plausible explanation (at least to himself - he convinced himself so) for his starvation policy. See, a bad person couldn't have come up with that his May 1st 1967 speech. Unless it was just a ploy To trick Biafra into secession, which I don't think was the case. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 9:36pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: At bolded. This tells me u know your stuff. Hitler exterminated roughly 6 million people but it is the norm to refer to them as Jews though not all were Jews. |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by WetinConsignMe: 9:40pm On Oct 30, 2017 |
See, the way I see, if anybody should be pissed off at Awo it should be Ojukwu. But for some reason Ojukwu was not angry with him. Far from it, he was calling him a hero long after Biafra |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 1:43am On Oct 31, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: Ok o |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 1:51am On Oct 31, 2017 |
9jaDoc: How did this girl-child already have a four year old baby??
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Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 1:55am On Oct 31, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Actually no Hitler was an atheist |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:01am On Oct 31, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: That was Awo's biggest mistake in life which led to him committing suicidd 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:07am On Oct 31, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Paganism is the practice of being a pagan - basically not being a Moslem or Christian |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:10am On Oct 31, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: OJUKWU HAD PRESIDENTIAL AMBITIONS. HE NEEDED YORUBA VOTES!! |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:14am On Oct 31, 2017 |
WetinConsignMe: I've always wondered how they arrived at that suspicious number!! |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:21am On Oct 31, 2017 |
9jaDoc: Not only that he actually initiated the whole thing by encouraging ojukwu to seceding with the firm belief the West would automatically become an independet country too |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by VillageWinch: 2:26am On Oct 31, 2017 |
PrecisionFx: Hitler is no longer a hero to most Germans. Awo stays a hero to most Yorubas |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 5:23am On Oct 31, 2017 |
VillageWinch: Maybe she is not as young as she seems. Starvation makes people look younger |
Re: 10 Awolowo Controversies: Are They Justifiable? by 9jaDoc(f): 5:25am On Oct 31, 2017 |
VillageWinch: Hitler LOST a war. Awo didn't. But they both killed themselves, ironically |
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