Major Gideon Orkar Coup Speech April 22nd 1990 - Authentic News Giant



Fellow Nigerian Citizens,

On behalf of the patriotic and well-meaning peoples of the Middle Belt and the southern parts of this country, I , Major Gideon Orkar, wish to happily inform you of the successful ousting of the dictatorial, corrupt, drug baronish, evil man, deceitful, homo-sexually-centered, prodigalistic, un-patriotic administration of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida.  We have equally commenced their trials for unabated corruption, mismanagement of national economy, the murders of Dele Giwa, Major-General Mamman Vasta, with other officers as there was no attempted coup but mere intentions that were yet to materialise and other human rights violations.

The National Guard already in its formative stage is disbanded with immediate effect.  Decrees Number 2 and 46 are hereby abrogated.  We wish to emphasise that this is not just another coup but a well conceived, planned and executed revolution for the marginalised, oppressed and enslaved peoples of the Middle Belt and the south with a  view to freeing ourselves and children yet unborn from eternal slavery and colonisation by a clique of this country.

Our history is replete with numerous and uncontrollable instances of callous and insensitive dominatory repressive intrigues by those who think it is their birthright to dominate till eternity the political and economic privileges of this great country to the exclusion of the people of the Middle Belt and the south.

They have almost succeeded in subjugating the Middle Belt and making them voiceless and now extending same to the south.

It is our unflinching belief that this quest for domination, oppression and marginalisation is against the wish of God and therefore, must be resisted with the vehemence.

Anything that has a beginning must have an end.  It will also suffice here to state that all Nigerians without skeleton in their cupboards need not to be afraid of this change. However, those with skeleton in their cupboards have all reasons to fear, because the time of reckoning has come.

For the avoidance of doubt, we wish to state the three primary reasons why we have decided to oust the satanic Babangida administration.  The reasons are as follows:



 (a)  To stop Babangida’s desire to cunningly, install himself as Nigeria’s life president at all costs and by so doing, retard the progress of this country for life.  In order to be able to achieve this undesirable goals of his, he has evidently started destroying those groups and sections he perceived as being able to question his desires.
Examples of groups already neutralised, pitched against one another or completely destroyed are:
(1)  The Sokoto caliphate by installing an unwanted Sultan to cause division within the hitherto strong Sokoto caliphate.
(2)  The destruction of the peoples of Plateau State, especially the Lantang people, as a balancing force in the body politics of this country.
(3)  The buying of the press by generous monetary favours and the usage of State Security Service, SSS, as a tool of terror.
(4)  The intent to cow the students by the promulgation of the draconian decree Number 47.
(5)  The cowing of the university teaching and non-teaching staff by an intended massive purge, using the 150 million dollar loan as the necessitating factor.
(6)  Deliberately withholding funds to the armed forces to make them ineffective and also crowning his diabolical scheme through the intended retrenchment of more than half of the members of the armed forces.
Other pointers that give credence to his desire to become a life president against the wishes of the people are:

(1)  His appointment of himself as a minister of defense, his putting under his direct control the SSS, his deliberate manipulation of the transition programme, his introduction of inconceivable, unrealistic and impossible political options, his recent fraternisation with other African leaders that have installed themselves as life presidents and his dogged determination to create a secret force called the national guard, independent of the armed forces and the police which will be answerable to himself alone, both operationally and administratively.
It is our strong view that this kind of dictatorial desire of Babangida is unacceptable to Nigerians of the 1990’s, and, therefore, must be resisted by all.

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Unfortunately he failed and was executed for treason.

what a pity

Daewang:
Unfortunately he failed and was executed for treason.

How time flies, I could still remember listening to his broadcast on radio in the morning.

Did Gideon Okar lie?

Nigeria's last opportunity to freedom.

Regrettable!

Best speech ever...!

Wish he succeeded

Daewang:
Unfortunately he failed and was executed for treason.

What was he thinking? He was bound to fail. He commanded no unit yet he thought of precipitating a coup.

Stop reminding us of that sad day, I wept when that coup failed.

It was very painful

Dedetwo:


What was he thinking? He was bound to fail. He commanded no unit yet he thought of precipitating a coup.

It was a very foolish idea.

That guy drank so much burukutu with his soldier friends and decided they will overthrow a sitting government without commanding any military unit .

We defeated this A.S.S.Hole, the same way we defeated that dum.b.fu.cker Ojukwu. Anyone who support this speech is a bigot. And we have no place for bigotry in our political arena.

Nasman:
We defeated this A.S.S.Hole, the same way we defeated that dum.b.fu.cker Ojukwu. Anyone who support this speech is a bigot. And we have no place for bigotry in our political arena.

You have written like a typical dumbass Nigerian. Who are the "We" in the above useless post?

Interesting

Oh God! We are need another Gideon Okra

ZKOSOSO:
Best speech ever...!

Wish he succeeded

This speech may likely have been the reason why he failed. At the time the army was a bit ambivalent but after announcing such sectarian policies, of course the northerners rallied and executed him.

SmartyPants:


This speech may likely have been the reason why he failed. At the time the army was a bit ambivalent but after announcing such sectarian policies, of course the northerners rallied and executed him.

He literally stated the issues bedevilling Nigeria till date.
Among the wicked Fulani supremacists that have ruled the country, Buhari stands out as the Most Wicked, heartless and bigoted ruler ever against South and Middlebelt.

ZKOSOSO:

He literally stated the issues bedevilling Nigeria till date.
Among the wicked Fulani supremacists that have ruled the country, Buhari stands out as the Most Wicked, heartless and bigoted ruler ever against South and Middlebelt.

Yes, but my point is that he made this speech too early. He had not even consolidated power...and in fact, I believe it was right at the radio station that they came and got him.

SmartyPants:


Yes, but my point is that he made this speech too early. He had not even consolidated power...and in fact, I believe it was right at the radio station that they came and got him.

He actually accepted that the coup had failed, so I guess he summoned courage to reveal his ''church mind'' to all his listeners. It was a huge risk to take in view of the fact that IBB was a first rated coup strategist of that time.
To me he tried his best. Just as we are doing our best to vote out Buhari gangs but he kept rigging every election with guns and forces...!

ZKOSOSO:

He actually accepted that the coup had failed, so I guess he summoned courage to reveal his ''church mind'' to all his listeners. It was a huge risk to take in view of the fact that IBB was a first rated coup strategist of that time.
To me he tried his best. Just as we are doing our best to vote out Buhari gangs but he kept rigging every election with guns and forces...!

When we the youths are ready we must do it by force, not by vote.