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TheFreeOne:
When are we gonna have men/women in their forties leading Nigeria?.

The old men running the country aground have refused to die and leave the stage.

The leaders at their forties in Nigeria are busy displaying high level of stupidity (Yahaya bello of kogi state) the old has never been our problem, the youth is its own problem, simple. The only ambition they can ever come up with is stealing money and spending on girls. God help us.

Pavarottii:

By ur records, u av nt given me concrete reasons to prove to me that buhari is more educated than that nigga.

now you're talking like a human being. by records it was presented that the president joined the army after secondary school with an average result, while in the army he wrote promotional exams, attended courses both within and outside the country( U.S n India were mentioned), until he became the G.O.C of jos division of the Nigerian army from where he became head of state due to his rank. the young dude in question served in 2002 according to records, at the Nigerian stock exchange where he claimed to be retained n worked for about a year or 2 before a certain fraud incident posted him to benue, there he was said to have spent a little over 4 months. Bello has been a ghost eve since until he surfaced last year with billions in his possession contesting for governor. he claimed to own fair plus transport which was believed to be funded by Edwards stollen money from GTB. comparing the heights of both men, Bello seem to have a lot of grounds to cover.

Pavarottii:

At d bolded, u must be a zombie.

like I said, "going by records", if you're so hurt by it, feel free to jump into the lagoon.

Pavarottii:

Okay, Is buhari more educated than Kogi state governor? Am nt sure u know d extent of buhari's daftness. That's an empty brain.

I'd choose my words carefully if I were you, not necessarily for fear but out of respect for the elderly. btw, Bello has a first degree n Mr. President going by records has raked up some prestigious educational qualifications that when compared to that of Bello is miles apart. in the face of the daunting challenges,Mr president has really tried for his age.

DaudaAbu:
In ur dreams.

Bello is there to stay

if that happens then Omeruo, aniebo will be child's play compared to what will happen to him. the entire state will erupt n burry him with their might.

kokoA:
So who becomes governor now?

it depends on the ground which the judgment is delivered. if the court says election was won n no need for supplementary as the basis on which supplementary election was conducted is void then Faleke is sworn in, if this is dismissed, then fresh election must be conducted which in any case Bello will not even win the primaries n he should be ripe for EFCC to pick by then.

9japride:
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That's a normal Nigerian definition of smart. That's why we hv criminally minded fellows as leaders

Lmao..... I rest my case.

Pavarottii:

He is still smarter than buhari, anyhow u look at it.

I'd want to believe you're educated, hence, your write up but I beg to question your definition of smart, does it mean being criminally minded, corrupt beyond imagination, extremely wicked and total lack of foresight what you term smart? I don't know where you schooled but your dictionary really needs an upgrade.

by Dr Tom Ohikere.

The purported security reports coming from the camp of Governor Yahaya Bello that there will be ethnic crisis if the much awaited Supreme court judgment does not favour him does not in any way reflect the actual situation on ground as the people of Kogi state are preparing their songs to rejoice and jubilate should the judgment evict him from the Luggard House.

The apex court will on Tuesday, September 20th deliver judgment on the prayers before it bordering on the November 21, 2015 governorship election in Kogi state.



However, if the feeler from the state’s 21 Local Government Areas are anything to go by, it therefore means that, the people of Kogi state will be happy with the exit of Governor Bello whom they have described as an imposed leader.

There is no gainsaying the fact that, the people of Kogi state have been subjected to untold hardship since the emergence of Governor Bello and have been praying for his quick exit through constitutional process.

To majority of the people of Kogi state, the Tuesday Supreme court judgment will define the maturity of Nigeria’s judicial system as they all await the Justices of the Supreme Court to be on the side of justice because of the gruesome ordeals which Governor Bello has subjected them to.

Besides the utter rejection of Governor Bello by the people of Kogi state, Alhaji Bello has been at loggerhead with his party, The All Progressive Congress, APC, and the party executives which was instrumental to his emergence as governor of the state.



It is also a pity that, the governor who promised, during the 25th anniversary celebration that all genuine workers in the state would get five months salaries before the just concluded Sallah, but the workers are yet to receive any salary alert, thereby making the governor an executive liar.

In view of the shortfalls in the monthly allocations accruable to the state from the federation account, nothing has fared well under ‘Fair Plus’ as Governor Bello is fondly called and the state’s Internally Generated Revenue has not received any boost like Kaduna, Ogun, and Lagos states who were able to pull through the string through innovative economic ideas.

The people of Kogi state will continue to question the legality behind the demolition of the various roundabouts within Lokoja, the state capital and till the time of writing this article, the Governor has not deemed it fit to explain the rationale to the people neither has he put any replacement of sort.

It is lucid to assert that the emergence of this infertile governor has denied the people of Kogi Central of their golden slot and I’m pained because Kogi Central Senatorial District have been craving for their son to be the governor of the state. My people from Kogi Central are still with the short end of the stick suffering and smiling with the consolation that their brother and son is the governor.   But my questions are; has that put food on their table? And how far have the Kogi Central fared in the scheme of things in Kogi state?

Though, the governor promised of allowing local government autonomy during his inauguration but sadly however, the local government workers have been placed on 50 per cent salaries for the past five months.

While the rationale behind this satanic austerity measure remains uncertain, one remains astonished as to when the remaining 50 per cent balance will be paid.

You may recall that, staff screening have been on going in the last 7 months despite the N50m reportedly spent on live broadcast to announce the discovery of more than 18,000 ghost workers. At this digital age, the lingering staff screening clearly depicts incompetence and inexperience and also shows a conduit for corruption.

Following the above ordeals, the people of Kogi state are earnestly praying for a favorable Supreme Court judgment that will remove Governor Yahaya Bello from office and save the state for more untold hardship.

Therefore, the mood of the people suggests that there will not be any ethnic crises as opined by the Bello camp when he finally gets the booth. Even the unborn generations are already celebrating in anticipation of Governor Bello’s exit as they are not happy that he has mortgaged and wasted their pregnant future.

babyfaceafrica:
its not as easy as that...Faleke would have lost in court and PDP would have won...he didn't contest primary,so unfortunately he wont have won d court course

truth be told. the election was completely won by Audu before his death given that the reason given by inec for announcing inconclusive election was null. Yahaya Bello is not a registered voter in the state but Faleke transfered his info before the election n voted, thus, qualifying him to claim the votes. PDP would've had no case had the status quote remained, nonetheless, going into the supplementary poll with a new candidate has spoilt their case. overall, the constitution n the electoral act are clashing here, on one hand there is an unqualified Bello who actively participated in the primaries n empowered by the electoral act and on the other hand is Faleke who is qualified to inherit constitutionally but didn't participate in the primaries, either ways, inec's decision either be overridden or outright cancellation of the poll. in any of the two, Bello is a gonner.

seunmsg:
This is just a family matter that should be resolved at the family level. Charging the son of the man who legitimately won the election before Bello usurped the mandate for armed robbery, culpable homicide etc is extremely silly. The governor should withdraw the case and stop attracting unnecessary condemnation to his government.

if he had sense, he would have but Bello will be Bello. lol

TonyeBarcanista:
Yahaya Bello has gone mad again... I can't see how the attack on Audu's concerns Muhammed.

Fact, Yahaya Bello can't win this

the story sounds like Nigerian movie script...... Bello has disappointed the ebira nation, killed their chances of ever winning anything again. the youth are embarrassed by his conduct, thus, questioning the preparedness of the youth to participate in governance.

CivilzedTyger:
Shey it's that his son that rape girl

when sir? which girl?

Babzrockman:
Source?

PREMIUM TIMES

Mohammed Audu, the arrested son of ex Kogi state governor, Abubakar Audu was on Thursday arraigned before a Lokoja Magistrates’ Court.

He was charged with criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief, armed robbery and attempted culpable homicide, which the police say is contrary to sections 97(1), 248, 327, 298 and 229 of the Penal Code.

The prosecutor, Mr Gabriel Otowu, said Mohammed allegedly committed the offences against his uncle, Prince Yahaya Audu, on Aug. 30, in the family house at Ogbonicha, Ofu Local Government Area.

He said that in the First Information Report (FIR) Yahaya alleged that hoodlums armed with guns, cutlasses and axe criminally conspired and invaded his compound pretending to be visitors.

He alleged that Yahaya, and one Ibrahim Imman ignorantly welcomed the people, who asked him to give them “something no matter how small”.

The prosecutor said that as the complainant walked toward his vehicle to give them money, the people attacked him from behind with a machete and “thoroughly” beat him up.

He said that the suspects inflicted injuries on the complainant and shot sporadically into the air.

Otowu said that the complainant fell to the ground and pretended to be dead and the hoodlums attempted to carry him before he ran into the bush and escaped.

The prosecutor further said that the complainant and Imman sustained bullet wounds and were later rushed to the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, for treatment.

Prior to the attack; Mohammed had threatened to deal with Yahaya, he said.

The judge granted Mohammed a bail of N100, 000, and adjourned the matter to Sept. 29 for further mention.

Mohammed Audu, the arrested son of ex Kogi state governor, Abubakar Audu was on Thursday arraigned before a Lokoja Magistrates’ Court.

He was charged with criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, mischief, armed robbery and attempted culpable homicide, which the police say is contrary to sections 97(1), 248, 327, 298 and 229 of the Penal Code.

The prosecutor, Mr Gabriel Otowu, said Mohammed allegedly committed the offences against his uncle, Prince Yahaya Audu, on Aug. 30, in the family house at Ogbonicha, Ofu Local Government Area.

He said that in the First Information Report (FIR) Yahaya alleged that hoodlums armed with guns, cutlasses and axe criminally conspired and invaded his compound pretending to be visitors.

He alleged that Yahaya, and one Ibrahim Imman ignorantly welcomed the people, who asked him to give them “something no matter how small”.

The prosecutor said that as the complainant walked toward his vehicle to give them money, the people attacked him from behind with a machete and “thoroughly” beat him up.

He said that the suspects inflicted injuries on the complainant and shot sporadically into the air.

Otowu said that the complainant fell to the ground and pretended to be dead and the hoodlums attempted to carry him before he ran into the bush and escaped.

The prosecutor further said that the complainant and Imman sustained bullet wounds and were later rushed to the Specialist Hospital, Lokoja, for treatment.

Prior to the attack; Mohammed had threatened to deal with Yahaya, he said.

The judge granted Mohammed a bail of N100, 000, and adjourned the matter to Sept. 29 for further mention.

Family members of late Governor Abubakar Audu of Kogi State were arrested by the police for alleged “culpable homicide, robbery and mischief”, a spokesperson for the police in that state has told PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Audu’s eldest son, Mohammed, and some 15 other family members were arrested on Wednesday.
The spokesperson, who merely identified himself as ASP Ovye, confirmed the arrest on Thursday morning.
He had earlier told this newspaper that he needed time to contact the relevant police unit for information on the arrest.
He said the arrests were effected by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS.
Mr. Ovye did not give details. He advised further questions be directed to the state Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Ibrahim.
Contacted, Mr. Ibrahim said the police were “still investigating” the matter.
“It’s after investigation that we will tell you,” he told PREMIUM TIMES. “What I know is that they were reported and we acted.”

Asked when the arrested persons would be charged to court, he said “when we complete investigation”. He declined further comments.
But this newspaper understands that the arrests followed an attack on Mr. Audu’s younger brother.
Yahaya Audu, the late governor’s brother, represented the family at the Kogi State’s 25th anniversary ceremony on August 28.
He was physically attacked on his return to Ogbonicha, the ancestral home of the Audus in Ofu Local Government Area, by community members aggrieved with Governor Yahaya Bello’s government, PREMIUM TIMES understands.
A day after the anniversary ceremony, Mohammed, late Audu’s eldest son, in a statement on behalf of the family, mocked the governor and said he should have used resources meant for the ceremony to pay workers.
The Audu family believes Mr. Bello “ordered” the arrests, Mustapha Audu, Mohammed’s younger brother, said.
But Mr. Bello denied masterminding the arrests in a statement yesterday.
He said the police should be free to work, and that politics should not be linked with criminality.
Mohammed Audu is fighting through the courts alongside James Faleke to remove Mr. Bello as Kogi Governor.
Mr. Faleke was the running mate to late Mr. Audu on the APC ticket in last year’s governorship election.
After Mr. Audu’s sudden death the day after the poll, the party drafted Mr. Bello in to continue as its candidate in the supplementary election.
Mr. Faleke believes he should have automatically become the party’s candidate after Mr. Audu’s death. He has asked the Supreme Court to declare him governor after lower courts ruled against him.

utter disdain for human rights and monumental abuse of executive powers. intimidating an opposition is. display of incompetence. time shall tell

Muhammad Audu,son of the late Governor of Kogi State, Abubakar Audu, has been arrested by the police, multiple sources, including family members, have confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES.
Mr. Audu’s younger brother, Mustapha, said his brother “and about 15 other family members” were arrested Wednesday and are being detained at the Lokoja Police Division.
Mustapha said the Audu family believes the arrests were “ordered” by Governor Yahaya Bello.
The governor has denied masterminding the arrests.
Asked why the Mr. Bello would order the arrest of the Audu family members, a family source alleged the development was a response to the attack on Yahaya Audu, late governor’s younger brother who represented the family at the Kogi 25th Anniversary ceremony on August 28.
Yahaya had received a posthumous award conferred on the late Mr. Audu and 24 others by the state government at the ceremony.
But on his return to Ogbonicha, the ancestral home of the Audus in Ofu Local Government Area, PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Yahaya was physically attacked by community members who are still aggrieved with Mr. Bello’s government.
A day after the anniversary ceremony, Mohammed, late Audu’s eldest son, in a statement on behalf of the family, mocked the governor and said he should have used resources meant for the ceremony to pay workers.

When contacted, the police spokesperson for the state said he was not aware of the development. He asked for time to “make contact to confirm.”
In his reaction through a statement by his spokesperson, Kingsley Fanwo, Mr. Bello said he could not have ordered the police to arrest the Audu family members.
He said the police should be free to work, and that politics should not be linked with criminality.
Mohammed Audu is fighting through the courts alongside James Faleke to dislodge Mr. Bello as Kogi Governor.
Mr. Faleke was the running mate to late Audu on the APC ticket in last year’s governorship election. After Audu’s sudden death the day after the poll, the party drafted in Mr. Bello in to continue as its candidate in the supplementary election.

Kogi state government is set to plunge the state into debt as it is set to purchase 109 cars for traditional rulers, House of Assembly members, Commissioners local government administrators at a whooping and surprising  $12m

– Investigation by our reporter further revealed that the contract for the supply of 55 Toyota Prado Jeeps, 29 Camry Cars, 11 Corollas and 14 Land Cruiser Jeeps (all 2016 model) was over bloated by over 40%


Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello in the eye of the storm again

Kogi state government led by Governor Yahaya Bello is set to plunge the state into debt as it is set to purchase 109 cars for traditional rulers, House of Assembly members, Commissioners local government administrators at a whooping and surprising  $12m.

According to the documents seen by Naij.com and signed by the state’s commissioner for Finance, Asiru Idris, dated June 9, shows that the $12m will be a loan from Zenith bank with an interest rate of 8% repayable for 3 years.

READ ALSO: Those who stoned Governor Bello stoned God, Kogi monarch declares

Investigation by our reporter further revealed that the contract for the supply of 55 Toyota Prado Jeeps, 29 Camry Cars, 11 Corollas and 14 Land Cruiser Jeeps (all 2016 model) was over bloated by over 40%.

The cost of the vehicles is N2,899,000,000 with the breakdown as- 11 Toyota corolla at N143million (13million per unit); 29 Camry Cars N551 million (N19m per unit); 55 Toyota Prado VXL at N1,650 billion (N30 million each); 5 Land Cruisers V8 VXR  at N240million (48 million per unit) and 9 Land Cruisers V8 VXR at N315 million ( N35million per unit).


Kogi state government accepting the offer for the supply of 109 vehicles by Philko Ltd.
It also remain a mystery how the state government and the contractor arrived at the $12m price for the contract as our conversion using the CBN rate of N310.17 to $1 shows that N2,899,000,000 billion is  $6935406.699 while the black market rate at N418 is $9346487.41

It is unclear where the remaining over $3million or $6million will go.

More worrisome, the Kogi state government has offered to pay in Dollars thereby violating CBN rules just as the said $12m loan will be repaid via Internally Generated Revenue which in turn will translate to increase in taxies and levies on the already impoverished Kogi citizens.

READ ALSO: See youth bombarding Governor Yahaya Bello with stones (pics, video)

Efforts to speak both the Kano based contractor, Philko Ltd and the Kogi state commissioner for Finance and development, Asiwaju Asiru Idris was not successful. While the Mr Asiru did not pick calls placed to his telephone, the contractor did not respond to mails sent to its official email.


Letter of offer for the supply of 109 vehicles by Philko Ltd to the Kogi state government.


Letter of offer for the supply of 109 vehicles by Philko Ltd to the Kogi state government.

As Nigeria’s economy continue to swim in recession, governments at all levels are expected to cut costs by prioritizing projects that will have direct positive impact on the lives of the citizenry, but it remains unknown as to how the luxury cars will improve the economy of the confluence state.

British secret files on Nigeria’s first bloody coup, path to Biafra
By . | Publish Date: Sep 4 2016 5:00AM
Then a comedy of errors took off that grounded the rebels and enhanced the failure of the Revolution. The general alarm in the Federal Guards barracks next door had been sounded. They had been disturbed by vehicle and troops movements up and down the barracks. Two batches of NCOs had been turned out for alleged IS operations and some gunshots were heard in the proximity of the barracks. All soldiers were ordered by the head of NCOs, RSM Samuel Tayo to gear up and proceed to their various platoons. But according to military standard operating procedure, being NCOs, they needed an officer to give them commands. So the RSM led a platoon to their Officer Commanding’s(OC) residence at No 5 George Street, Ikoyi. But Okafor was not in. He was five streets away at Thompson Avenue searching for the Maimalari. Then they headed to knock on Lt Ezedigbo – the second in command’s door at the block of flats at No 4 Lugard Avenue. He was not in too. He was part of the Revolution. So was the next in line Lt Igweze. Of all the five Federal Guard’s officers, only a very junior officer Lt Paul Tarfa was at home. Lt Joseph Osuma was not in too. He was not part of the assassins though; he had only gone out to sleep with a friend following Friday night’s festivities. If Tarfa later turned out to be somebody in his military career, it was because on that night of nights, he was present at home when the RSM arrived flustered looking for leadership. There had never been mutiny in the barracks before and so no one knew the standard procedural response.
According to his later account, Tarfa said he geared up in battle dress and was driven to the Federal Guards by the RSM’s convoy to take command. He was briefed on the situation and was told that most of the Igbo soldiers in the barracks could not be accounted for including the OC. Tarfa put the Federal Guards on a defensive alert like a cobra coiled to spring. He ordered sentries and machine guns emplaced on sandbag to be posted round the barracks walls. They made up and circulated a call out with its password “Black/Boy” so that dissent soldiers who were still coming in and out of the barracks could be identified and rounded up. Corporal Sarwuan, a Tiv rifleman became the victim of this coiled cobra. Seeing a soldier coming in from the dark, RSM Tayo challenged,


‘Halt. Who goes there?’
‘Friend.’ Sarwuan was said to have replied.
‘Advance to be recognised.’ Tayo ordered and called out “Black.”
But Sarwuan did not respond and continued to advance. Tayo called out again, “Black.” No response. The RSM’s finger twitched in the trigger guard and his heart beat faster and faster. Tayo for the third and last time called out “Black.” But Sarwuan kept advancing without replying. He had forgotten the password and Tayo concluded he was an enemy. He squeezed the trigger plunging Sarwuan’s wife and children into sadness of incomprehensive depths. Major Adegoke, who took over from Ifeajuna as the DA and QMG at 1st Brigade in Kaduna was similarly killed in 4th battalion in Ibadan having been mistaken for a mutineer/enemy. He was holidaying in his native home when he heard about the coup; he hastened to the barracks for more information only to be handed his death. Black/Boy. His Boy did not follow Black and Adegoke met his death.
That night, Tarfa who had assumed the command of the Federal Guards went to the OC’s office adjacent to his. In a file in the cabinet, he saw planning documents, operations orders and a recent signal note from Nzeogwu which read: “Ensure the Tiger is in the net. Even if recruiting more captains.” The tiger he later understood was Maimalari; the net was his death. The extra captain they managed to recruit was Adeleke who only knew of the plot hours earlier at the Apapa residence of Ifeajuna after being brought by Major Ademoyega before some departed for the cocktail. Adeleke at first refused and was told that if the Revolution to free Nigeria started and he was not with it, he would regret it maybe not that day, maybe not the following day, but soon, and for the rest of his life. He fell in enthusiastically. At around quarter past four, Adeleke was with Ademoyega at the Officers Mess when Okafor came to report that he had just lost his command; that the Federal Guards were no longer responding to his orders, that in fact they almost shot him when he went back to the barracks to mobilise more troops. The only infantry force on which much had hinged and much of the second stage would hinge was no longer with the Revolution. What had happened?
When Okafor’s lieutenants roused the NCOs for the assignment, they were told they were needed for an IS operation. They were expecting to be taken outside Lagos to crush one of the hotspot of the Western Region’s crisis or to Mushin to quell a riot as they had done three weeks before. Instead they were taken to Brigadier Maimalari’s residence and they saw his guard commander and another soldier shot dead. The guard commander was known to them. They lived in the same quarters at the barracks. They had started to doubt whether they were truly on IS operation. Again, they were ordered not give the Brigadier a chance to surrender; they were ordered to shoot him dead on sight by Okafor, a disgraced thief and a liar pardoned by the same Maimalari they were asked to kill. They concluded that this was not an IS operation; this was an assassination squad they were forced to join. The final straw came when Ademoyega arrived to tell them that Maimalari had been found and shot by Ifeajuna. His corpse laid at the Mess. It was a terrible blow to the NCOs. Okafor was relieved to hear the news and ordered his second in command Captain Oji with four NCOs to proceed to check the situation at Airport Junction in Ikeja. The remaining men were ordered to proceed to Mess for further instruction. Instead, they rebelled, passed the Mess to the barracks and threatened to shoot Okafor if he tried to give them orders anymore. It was righteous mutiny within an unholy mutiny.
According to the testimony Ifeajuna later gave after his arrest a month later, he saw the GOC’s official car and his guards driving past the entrance of the barracks. This made them conclude that it was the GOC that had roused the soldiers and placed the barracks on a defensive alert. As envisaged, the Revolution was not meant to be a one-night stand. They had anticipated that at one point, soldiers still loyal to the Nigerian Army would wake up and fight them. That was why in the first place they decided to kill off all the senior officers that will command the loyal troops. In addition, that was also why immediately Nzeogwu finished off Sarduana up North, he went to take over Brigadier Ademulegun’s office at the Brigade. Knowing that the Brigadier or his deputy would not come back, the revolutionaries had expected that the shock of seeing all the senior officers dead was enough to sag the morale of the loyal soldiers to fight back. Furthermore, Ifeajuna had planned for a further arms advantage: The firepower of the Southern brigade was in Abeokuta with the 2nd Recce Squadron and the field artillery battery. Their officer commanding, Major Obienu was a central plank of the Revolution. He was supposed to mobilise his armoured, mechanised and artillery support: all the ferrets, the scot cars, 105mm Howitzers and assemble at the airport junction in Ikeja. A unit from the Revolution high command set up at the Federal Guards Mess was supposed to go to Ikeja bring this armoured squadron into Lagos and position them menacingly in front of the barracks and other military installations to neutralise any threat to the Revolution.
But with the presence of the GOC and his perceived rousing of troops against them, Federal Guards Mess was no longer the place to set up the Revolution High command. They had to hasten up connect with Obienu’s unit and quickly establish their firepower supremacy. All the 9 corpses were quickly loaded into the 3 tonner including the Minister of Finance who was still alive and scared to death. They left in a convoy of 6 vehicles: two army Land Rovers, Okafor’s private Peugeot 403, Ifeajuna’s Red Mercedes Benz, Anuforo’s private car and the 3 Tonner.
Unfortunately for their Revolution, Obienu overdrank at Maimalari’s cocktail party. Instead of attending the briefing at Ifeajuna’s house or proceeding straight to Abeokuta as expected, Major John Obienu branched at Shomolu to taste his mistress and became glued to a cleavage of extraordinary amplitude. He lacked the strength to get up as his name was melodiously chanted with Gregorian devotion. The Revolution to save Nigeria and do better than the politicians began to fall apart piece by piece.

Ibadan
The 4th battalion in Ibadan was the oldest and the second biggest batallion in Nigeria. It had 26 officers and 829 NCOs. During the centenary celebrations at Mapo Hall in Ibadan in June 1963, the Olubadan of Ibadan, Sir Isaac Akinyele conferred on the battalion Freedom of Ibadan City and handed it the Key of Ibadan City. More than anywhere in Nigeria, Ibadan was historically a war-crazy city. At midnight just before his pre-battle rousing plan, to the other four Majors, Ifeajuna telephoned Captain Nwobosi, the officer commanding the Field Artillery Battery in Abeokuta. He issued the all-clear message and ordered Nwobosi and his unit to proceed to Ibadan 90km away and achieve the Revolution’s objectives there. Had the Revolution succeeded, Captain Nwobosi would have been the most rewarded.
Solving the bloodbath of the Western Region was one of the reasons they had plotted the Revolution in the first place. But up till two days before the planned date, they had no officer to actualise the operations in Ibadan, the Western Region’s capital. Nwobosi was recruited on January 12 when he came to Apapa for the Ifeajuna-organised Brigade Training Conference. Ifeajuna tried to recruit Madiebo over lunch on the same day, but Madiebo started preaching about failure being an option and tribal loyalties being stronger than national ambition among the revolutionaries. Ifeajuna had to cut him out and relied on Nwobosi who did not even know places in Ibadan very well. The 4th battalion in Eleyele which they had initially planned to use was just 10 minutes’ drive away from the Premier’s Lodge. Their commander Lt Col Abogo Largema like other battalion commanders was already earmarked for the end at Ikoyi Hotel. That would give his second in command Major Mac Nzefili a safe space to take over the command. Like all the seconds in command of all battalions in the Nigerian Army, Nzefili was Igbo. Up to the last minute, Ifeajuna harboured no doubt that he would come on board for the Revolution. He spent all of December travelling to his residence in Ibadan to discuss operational and tactical requirements but he only met his wife at home; he was always away on assignment. Also Nzefili as the British records disclosed was awaiting court-martial for getting drunk, wondering into the female quarters of the police barracks, resisting arrest and biting the ear of the arresting police officer. Nzefili declined Ifeajuna co-option.
On the night of the assassinations, Nzefili was at the officers’ mess in Ibadan when Justice Kayode Eso, Akin Johnson, the administrator of Abeokuta Local Government Council and his wife Mosun met with him. The Johnsons came to seek asylum at Eso’s residence in Ibadan having escaped Action Group’s hoodlums who accused him of gravitating towards Akintola. Eso told them he did not consider his own home safe since 12th of December 1965 after inadvertently humiliating Akintola by freeing Wole Soyinka, the un-mysterious gunman. Eso and Akintola were neighbours. Since the Johnsons knew Largema, Justice Esho took them to the barracks for refuge. According to Esho, Nzefili told them Largema was in Lagos but once he finished drinking with his mates at 11pm, he took the Johnsons to their safe rooms without knowing them personally. Largema his boss was widely respected both outside and inside the Army and Nzefili too when not drunk was a kind man.
To Ifeajuna, Nzefili was a disappointment. It was a huge relief when Nwobosi accepted to head the Ibadan task. Ifeajuna then gave Nwobosi a forged order issued in the name of Brigadier Z Maimalari authorising him to take a detachment to Ibadan for an IS operations there. This signal (instruction) was necessary in case a senior officer challenged him or the quartermaster needed proof before issuing ammo.
When they reached Ibadan shortly after 2am, they headed straight to Agodi Telephone exchange and ordered all workers to go home. Unlike Lagos, where the telephone exchange was partly automatic, Ibadan’s exchange was fully automatic. Asking the workers to go home did not silence the phones. Nwobosi and his men then proceeded to ECN (Electricity Corporation of Nigeria) Eleyele, ordered the workers to halt all power generation and go home. Ibadan was plunged into darkness. Ibadan people were already used to transcending the dark. This was the time the British head of ECN was woken up and was told soldiers had shut down the generators. Nwobosi even offered some of the workers lift to town. He was a gentleman. As they set out for the operations in Abeokuta, he saw a lonely pregnant woman in labour who couldn’t make it to the hospital. He halted his convoy and took the woman to the hospital in the army Land Rover. But it was not only because he wanted to be kind that why he gave the workers lift; they did not know the house address of their first target, Chief Fani-Kayode, the deputy premier. The lifted ECN workers showed him the address.
Of all the regions in the country and at the federal government, the Western Region was the only government with a deputy premier. When Nwobosi’s convoy arrived at the front of Fani-Kayode’s residence at Iyaganku GRA, they were shocked at the number of armed thugs that were present between the hundred metre road main gate and the main residential building. The thugs quickly ran way after being awoken by a slowly moving convoy of 16 gunners, 2 lance bombardiers, 2 sergeants, 1 battery quartermaster sergeant, 1 second lieutenant, 1 trooper and 1 captain in two 3 tonners and a Land Rover. If the violence, the rapes, house burning, lynchings, intimidation of opposition lecturers, election rigging and all other woes that had engulfed the Western Region had a face, it was that of the 44-year-old Remilekun Fani-Kayode, a Cambridge-educated lawyer who presided over the government thugs infrastructure. From 1959, he was a pro-Zik NCNC politician before Akintola poached him in 1962 and made him the Minister of Local Government and Deputy Premier of the most advanced Region in the country. According to Nwobosi, they were surprised that Fani-Kayode’s thugs quickly ran away because it contradicted the legendary stories of Fani Power they had heard. They were rather prepared for a confrontational showdown.
 “Fani-Kayode! Come down you are under lawful arrest by the army” Nwobosi shouted. He said lawful because the forged signal issued in the name of Maimalari stated Fani Kayode’s arrest as one of their objectives. The compound like the city was in darkness. Visibility was provided by the headlamps of the convoy parked on the driveway.
“I am coming. I am coming; don’t shoot.” Fani-Kayode was reported to have responded from upstairs. He did not move. Nwobosi called out again. But Fani-Kayode did not move. Nwobosi then fired his gun into the ground as a warning. When their target did not bulge, they broke a glass panel in the door to gain entrance and started ransacking the house and intermittently shooting. The children were terrified and weeping. They found Fani-Kayode in his bedroom with his hands already upstretched like twin towers above his uncombed high hair.
“I surrender…I surrender…I surrender…” he chanted repeatedly already drenched in fear. Again Nwobosi and his gunners were surprised to see the feared embodiment of the legendary Fani Power shuddering.
Nwobosi, 23 addressed the 44-year-old deputy premier: “You have wasted a lot of time – we could have shot you.”
They tied him with rifle slings in front of his wife and 3 children and tossed him in the 3 tonner. His wife picked up the phone and called the Premier to report the arrest. Akintola tried to calm her down and assured her that he would get him released as soon as possible. It never occurred to him the soldiers could be coming for him too until he heard the convoy and saw the headlamps. He grabbed his gun and gathered ammunition. That night of nights, of all those fell by bullets all over the country, Akintola was the only one who died the death of a true warrior. He was not interested in the Akintola-you-are-under-arrest noises he was hearing from outside. No way! Oya, say hello to my little friend: he cocked his SMG and began to blaze furiously like Tony Montana as Nwobosi and his men tried to open his bedroom door.
Akintola was the 13th Aare Ona Kakanfo (Field Marshal General) of Yorubaland. After the previous Kakanfo, Aare Latosa who reigned from 1871 – 1885, no one had the courage to accept the title for 79 years because of the mysterious curse associated it. Since Alaafin Ajagbo inaugurated the first Aare Kokoro Gangan (Scorpion) of Iwoye in 1650, no Aare was expected to live long and enjoy a soft death. The title was like the warrior Achilles in Homer’s Iliad whose fate as explained to him by his mother, Thetis, was either to die young and gain glory, or to live a long boring life in obscurity. When Ojo Aburumaku (meaning: the wicked always live long) was installed as the 11th Aare Ona Kakanfo in 1860, Yorubaland was so peaceful that he had to foment a civil war in Ogbomosho which he then proceeded to supress with uncommon brutality just to justify his title. He was struck by lightning in 1871 and Aare Latosa, Akintola’s immediate predecessor took over. One of the reasons the Kafanfo Curse became self-fulfilling was that the overdose of courage which an Aare was supposed to possess actively insulated him from siding with peaceful resolutions, seeing reason and knowing when to stop. Several times from the 3 Tonner, Fani-Kayode called out to Akintola to cease firing; that the soldiers only came to take him to Lagos. Instead, Akintola continued to blaze his gun at Nwobosi’s men even though he never successfully hit anyone. They had fled the house and ducked behind the garden shrubs. Justice Kayode Eso who was a neighbour described the relentless shooting as sounding like the crackle of rapid bush bushing. Akintola then ran out of ammo but Nwobosi and his men did not know this, they thought he was reloading and waiting for them.
After a while, Aare Akintola held out a white handkerchief of surrender and proceeded to his balcony with his hands up. Nwobosi and his men proceeded to end him.
When Akintola’s wife saw his lifeless body surrounded by empty casings drenched in blood, she screamed. In less than three months, she had lost her husband and first child, Modele Odunjo to the Western crisis. That night, if one put one’s ear to the echo chamber of Nigeria to hear the deafening roar of woes on one side and joy on the other, one would surely break into pieces. Nwobosi and his men then made a mistake: they left for the Federal Guards Mess in Lagos without packing Akintola’s corpse with them. (He was buried the 23 January 1966 at his home in Ogbomoso)
Editor’s Note: This is the end of the first part of the three series. The  publication of the second part will begin next week.


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Joavid:


so Kogi is the only state owing workers ba?

Tribalism is when Igala's have been in luggard house since the creation of the state and have nothing to show for it but ghost workers on thier payroll and when a man from another tribe enters luggard house, they want to paint him bad to the public and come up with petty reasons that he's messing up because he's reforming the state.

Please in clear terms, define ghost workers so we know what we're dealing with here, secondly, please state in clear terms the "reforms" embarked upon by your gov't to chart a new course of development, growth and infrastructure for the state apart from witch hunting in the guise of screening. The screening started well everyone commended him but subsequently..... It's a sorry tale indeed. What do you have to say for the reputation of his chief of staff Edward, commissioner for youth n sport and his S.A for youth n assembly matters. Thank you

Joavid:


bros, like you said, screening upon screening. so be patient, the guy assumed office in January.

I can confidently tell you he has good plans for the state.

I know I'll find you here, kogi FFK......lmao. For her It happened in Ijumu, now in ayangba. For the husband, he received free slap, embarrassed in the airport in Abuja, pelted in Ankpa and Lokoja, it's just 8 months n counting... Like I said, Time will tell. God is not sleeping. Enjoy your money while it lasts. Lol

Joavid:


* Destroying roundabouts - that will be rebuilt and has been planned and budgeted for.

* Refusing to pay - refusing to pay incompetent workers with lackadaisical attitude to work. "

*Sacking workers - same as above.

*patrolling with military convoy - you're a f00l. Governors patrol with military convoy all over the country.

The only people breeding hate are haters like you and your conglomerate of killjoys.

There goes the Mutaffifin...... Time shall tell. lol

Joavid:


just Because he's not Igala.

Pele.

To you now, this is the point I tell you I'm not Igala Abi? as true as that may be, you just cannot deny the fact Bello is looting n terrorising the state. he's in over his head,its only a matter of now. I laugh at your sentimental conduct, you just can't progress with such mindset.

zthree:
GYB is to me the only visionary and determined leader Kogi State has ever produced. I listened to his anniversary speech today and my perception and support for him just increased the more. Let us come together and join this man on his mission to create the Kogi that our children will enjoy in the nearest future. There is so much the Governor has to offer, let's support him.

visit the state n see the vision the devil has. destroying all roundabouts, refusing to pay workers, sacking legitimate workers, patrolling with military convoy, shouting " na God win o" after a state wide broadcast..... that's the future, the vision Bello is building. breeding hate, disgust, ill will for himself n his generation, may God respond appropriately to our prayers for kogi.

Joavid:


well said.

what is happening in Kogi is radical reforms and its unprecedented, so such reactions are expected and well prepared for. Kogi state has the highest number of godfathers,ghost workers,abandoned projects and thieves and Yahaya Bello is stepping on toes to change that and they are not happy.

besides, he only assumed office January.


Acidosis how far?

Oh! so you're one of Bello's paid media touts Abi? your own go soon meet you. Bello is a thieving criminal, the type kogi has never seen before but I believe if supreme Court force the abomination on us, we will die together before next election. aniebo n Omeruo will be child's play. stupid devilish empty carton. come n see the jubilation in the state since yesterday. Bello the only gov. to receive slap n be pelted twice in 8 months n it's not even December yet. cow Bello.

youngwarlocks:

Kids everywhere....smh

destitutes everywhere... smh

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Kids everywhere.
typical.... empty cartons wish. destitutes everywhere. smh

Esperooke:

Kilo lê to be? Take it easy na.

lol.... Bros this one na small. started fasting with 5 month old debt, now it's two weeks in n nothing yet Nigger dey throw bash. kogi condition is pathetic