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Nigeria's late Head of State General Murtala Ramat Mohammed, who saved the nation from total economic collapse during Yakubu Gowon's era will be honored in Kano with scores of dignitaries gracing the occasion. A book had been written with the foreword by his best crony and successor President Olusegun Obasanjo. It is a great idea the late hero is still remembered.
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While I respect the dead but wonders will never seize to amaze me in Nigeria. Why honor a homicidal/genocidal governmental hoodlum? He never apologizes for the atrocities against young defenseless Biafran civilians in Asaba.
To honor him is to accept his santanic views about war? That man ought to burn in hell 1000 maga bytes.
Hail Biafra
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Be rest assured true Biafrans won' show up, of course the crumb eaters would be there. The best memory Biafrans have of Murtala is the Asaba massacre.There will be justice on that issue believe me even if posthumous.
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Bature, That genocidal murderer will be tried post- humously and punitive damage awards to Biafrans will be extracted from his descendants and their ill-gotten estates.
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Only in Nigeria would armed robbers like Murtala are honored. The man who couldn't manage his own brigade. I really fear for Nigeria.
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While this “honorers” in Kaduna are at it, they might as well go all the way and honor “Ivan the terrible”, “Marie Antoinette”, “Jack the ripper”, “Hitler” , “Abacha” and some of their other heroes.
Frankly apart from Aminu Kano, Col. Yohanna Madaki and maybe “half a handful” from Northern Nigeria, Every other so called “leaders” from “NORTHERN NIGERIA” should be tied to the stake and shot 1000 times. (Have them pay for the bullet too)
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Murtala should be given some credits. Before he became Head of State, and as Commissioner of Communications and Inspector of Signals in the Nigerian Army, he strenghtened Nigeria's military might and disciplined the corrupt officers within the Nigerian military. He apologized for his loots and returned all. So, where could he be blamed? Fighting a war he did not start?
But when he became Head of State, he created more states and was welcomed and adored by patriotic Nigerians. Sunny Ade praised him. Oriental Brothers sang to adore him. Orlando Owoh sang to acknowledge his determination toward Nigerian unity. Ebenezer Obey commended his no nonsense attitude toward reforming the Nigerian state.
All in all, Murtala was a good man.
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While we are at Murtala's tenor at the communications minstry, remember he also made a billionaire out of Abiola.So much for fighting corruption and returning the loot.
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Bature: Is men like you that see Murtala as a good man. What is good about Murtala? that he rounded up Igbo military officers at Ikeja Contonment and killed them execution style? What is it that he did we should commend him for his bravery? You are totally missing the point. Murtala was a brute and shouldn't be recognized as a hero, at all.
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You can immortalise him but count us out. You clamour for one Nigeria yet you Immortalise someone whose main claim to fame is that he murdered defenceless Igbos in cold blood and looted a bank. Only in Nigeria! Are you then suprised that we want out?. Declare a public holiday!, Hold seminars celebrating his Life !, but one question that needs to be answered is what role are we supposed to play in these seminars?, Submit ourselves for beheading to re-enact his greatest triumph?. The words are Self Respect and Sensitivity. If you are trying to convince us not to abandon a sinking ship, at least make your job easier by having a little bit of the above. I believe that if anything needs immortalising , it is the numerous victims of this Butcher.Posts: 615 | From: London. | Registered: Mar 2001
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For you, Hitler was a good man, and you should give him some credit, while at it. He strengthened the German army and handed over his loots stolen from the Jews to the German treasury. Oh yes, he disciplined the corrupt officers who were lapsed in carrying out the total extermination of the Jews in their wings. So where could Hitler be blamed? Fighting a genocidal war against the Jews that he did not start?
When Hitler became head of state, he allowed zero Jewish citizenship. He was welcomed and adored by patriotic Germans. All the anti-Jewish and racist singers praised him for his zero non-aryan tolerance toward reforming the German state.
Bature, Now we see your kind of heroes. Its one track-minded psychos like you who see no evil and hear no evil when your relatives murder Igbos in your midst in cold blood and loot their properties. Its people with your kind of mentality that have cursed your Nigeria to evil, unrepentant, stagnant, and dying leprous society that it is today.
The Germans are paying for their (Hitler) hero's atrocities, your own day of reckoning is fast approaching. Keep basking in your Holocaustal pride while you can!
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Guys, we are still saying the same thing. Murtala was nobody to Nigeria and the Igbos. Any honor given to him is a waste of effort. I'm happy the event is only localized in Kano. Because of his atrocities, he died the way he did. And I believe Lt Col Dika Suka Dimka ought to be honored instead.
+++ Efforts by Biafran soldiers shall be vindicated by the minds of tomorrow.
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Amanda, Murtala was not a Head of State at the time of his alleged atrocities perpetrated on the Igbos. He was commanded to carry out such assignments under the executive command of Yakubu Gowon, the then commander-in-chief. The way you blame Murtala now is like blaming Ullyses Grant for killing en-masse and destroying the South during the American Civil War.
On the other hand, Hitler was commander-in-chief. He did hate the Jews and other minorities in Europe, but like Murtala, there was no indication he hated the Igbos. Ndubuisi Kalu was made governor on his (murtala) arrival to take over the affairs of state.
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Folks, Here's a history of war crime and genocidal atrocities against a People wanting their Freedom and Sovereignty remembered.
APRIL 26, 2001 6:14 PM CONTACT: Institute for Public Accuracy
On Bob Kerrey and Vietnam
WASHINGTON - April 26 - Former Sen. Bob Kerrey's public statements during the last day -- prompted by revelations about to be reported by the New York Times and "60 Minutes II" about a raid he led that killed unarmed civilians during the Vietnam War -- have raised important issues. This afternoon, the following statement comes from Brian Willson, a former U.S. Air Force captain who served in Vietnam.
• BRIAN WILLSON, bw@brianwillson.com, www.brianwillson.com After participating in the Vietnam War as a member of the U.S. Air Force, Willson became a peace activist. In 1987, in a civil disobedience action with other activists at a military base, Willson lost his legs when a train carrying munitions bound for Central America accelerated instead of stopping. At the request of the Institute for Public Accuracy, he provided a statement today and will be available for interviews:
"My Air Force Combat Security unit was dispatched to Binh Thuy on March 7, 1969, to fortify a Vietnamese-controlled air base a few miles northwest of Can Tho City in Phong Dinh Province, about 100 miles southwest of Saigon. I was the first lieutenant in charge of this unit.... As a security officer I quickly had to acquaint myself with intelligence reports on 'enemy' activity, and locations and types of friendly resources. I had not been in Vietnam more than a month or so when it was becoming obvious to me that virtually everybody, other than a select few identified Vietnamese business, political, and military leaders, was at least secretly hostile to the U.S. presence and sympathetic with the Vietnamese struggle for independence from any outside political force. After Tet 1968, the U.S./CIA Phoenix program had become especially intense in eliminating political and military leadership in the Vietcong, and U.S. air and ground forces had become much more indiscriminate in killing Vietnamese and calling them all VC.
"Bob Kerrey and I, along with nearly 4 million other U.S. men and women, were thrust into a fundamentally immoral, lawless intervention against the authentic desires of the Vietnamese to build an independent, sovereign nation. My job was, in essence, to protect airplanes in between their missions bombing villages, the latter all having been identified as being in a 'free fire zone,' which made it easy to rationalize destroying everything. On occasion I witnessed through ground observations the aftermath of villages bombed with only bodies of young women, many children, and a few elderly strewn on the ground. I never saw any weapons in these virtually defenseless villages.
"Our lawless, violent intervention in Vietnam was, unfortunately, not an aberration. This is a tough conclusion, one that is extremely painful, to acknowledge about the nation of our upbringing and citizenship. But we veterans have a choice to take courageous responsibility for our actions, even if our government will not. Bob Kerrey and his men killed for this lie, and this terrible assault on the Vietnamese people. The only difference between Kerrey and myself is that I was never in a position to personally kill while in Vietnam. But I was part of a killing machine, even being complicit in the bombing campaigns, and I saw dozens and dozens of the bodies of women and children.
"It is time to acknowledge our responsibility and to take leadership in a national healing process. Our souls, and the soul of our country, are at stake. Furthermore, the future of peace in the world may rest on a profound reckoning on the part of people in the U.S. that our imperial policies have been wrong, and that we now want to truly make amends for our crimes. I urge Bob Kerrey to be truly courageous about revealing his role while in Vietnam, and ask other veterans to do the same. The future of the human condition, not just our souls, may actually be at stake."
Like I said, the day of reckoning is fast approaching for your genocidal war criminal relatives and heroes. No earth will hide thm, and no clouds will shield them. Bask in the blood of the innocent while you still can.
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How do the naysayers expect the confused country they call nigeria to grow out of her pre-Adam mode when she continues to honor WAR CRIMINALS such as this murtalla dude whom my man B.S. Dimka took care of? Is nigeria the only country that does not know what happens to war thieves that they’re hunted down and taken care of?
A rundown of the nigerian war criminals: murtalla, gowon, danjuma, obasanjo, hassan, adekunle etc. You may add more that would pass the muster.
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Don't you have any better contribution to contribute to bnw other than to resurrect old, rotten, worn out and completely out-dated threads?
The nigerian rebels, under the direct command of nigerian rebel warpig Amaka Ojuplu, committed gross acts of crimes against humanity as well. While Ojukwu sent a poorly equipped, poorly led, badly trained and highly indisciplined bunch of rebel bush soldiers under the command of Victor Banjo to the MidWestern Region of Nigeria, in a greedy selfish and extremely stupid attempt to amass unto themselves more land, the rebel bush soldiers committed rape, torture, kidnapping and ethnic cleansing throughout the MidWest.
Nowamagbe A. Omoigui, a MidWesterner, has written a detailed account of the abominations and crimes against humanity as perpetrated by the nigerian rebel bush soldiers in the MidWestern part of Nigeria. Here is an excerpt of the report:
quote:In a pattern of behavior that can only be described as self-destructive, the (biafran) "liberation" force went molesting, raping, kidnapping, torturing, detaining and even killing local figure whose support they badly needed. For example, Mr. J. O Adeola (Commissioner of Police), Mr. Olu Akpata (Permanent Secretary), Mr. Sam Umweni (of Radio Nigeria, Benin) and Mr. J Imoukhuede (Head of the civil service), were abducted from Benin and taken back to Biafra. They remained in prison (without trial) until the end of the war. In his memoirs, Ademoyega acknowledges: "The 18th battalion stationed in that port (Warri) was a ragged, ill-equipped and ill-controlled unit. Reports of their lawlessness in town had been scandalous." Such actions (among others) did not endear them to the people they came to liberate from "the north". Ademoyega summarized it thus: "Biafran entry into the Midwest was seen by the people, especially the non-Ibos of the State, as an act of foreign aggression." In addition to the scourge and humiliation of the occupation itself, fleeing Biafran soldiers carried out all kinds of unspeakable acts of brutality against the local population. At the Urhonigbe Rubber Plantation, for example, hundreds of Midwesterners were summarily shot by (biafran) regular and militia units which had already blazed a 'scorched-earth' trail of terror through Benin-West division.
That's what you get when you unleash nigerian bush rebel soldiers unto the rest of Nigeria. And these brutal blood-thirsty nigerian rebel soldiers were only in the MidWest for a couple of weeks. How many more thousands would the bush rebel soldiers have raped, maimed, killed and butchered if they had the opportunity to remain in non-ibo territory longer than just a couple of weeks?
So shut your pungently stinking unclean hypocritical nigerian mouth and stop noticing the warpigs only on the non-ibo side. There are enough nigerian rebel warpigs which need to be arrested and tried for crimes against humanity.
quote:You may add more....-mebiafran
Emeka Ojuklu and his entire gang of rebel mutineers, Nzeogwu and his killer gang of January 15th 1966, the entire rebel government of 1967-1970.
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Once in a while like now my IGNORE vow is broken to clean out the product of a harlot that goes by alichemical, the german skinhead whose born throw away (in a clear language, a registered bastard) identity is source for all the prevailing pains he experiences which should'nt be my cup of tea. Talk to your mother about that, dude. In one halitosis breathe this idiot lies to us about not being a nigerian whilst his writings gives him away as a full blown obscure attention seeker from the bini end of their about to be vaporized nigeria. Little ass, the readers would sometimes like to know why you're so infatuated with Biafra. Laziness? Can't do without, maybe?
Meanwhile this typical shameless nigerian (alchemical) quoted out of context what he thought in his warped mind will suit him. Let me remind this little boy that it is intellectual robbery to quote someone out of context the way he did, which he does all the time thereby revealing his dim-witted german education if he has one. My full and complete quote should read;
quote:You may add more that would pass the muster.
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Mebiafran I have warned you several times NOT to reply to my posts! Furthermore, you've promised yourself that you would ignore me, and that's just fine with me.
Now, you've gone out of the way to insult my family. I urge you to edit your post, and remove the insult to my family. You may direct your insults at me if you feel the urge to vomit insultive words, but leave my family out of this.
If you refuse to heed to the voice of reason, you'll have only yourself to blame for anything that happens. Remember that your personal data is known, and you received a PM advising you to be careful, not to keep on revealing your personal data on the internet?
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Fine, as long as the story is not the negative portrayal of the Igbo/Biafra. When you insult Biafra/Igbo you not only demean MeBiafran but every decent men and women who call Biafra home. You get it??? Whatever you say about my immediate family does not matter since my friends know who I truly am. Let's face the issues if that's not asking much. No shaking, dude. I'm sure the readers know that my point has been well made as such will let this excrement remain in his gutter abode until I see the need to again inject a well measured dose for his dementia. Heheheeeeeeeee!!
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The day that bastard called murtala mohamed was killed which is feb,13,1976. We the Biafrans ought to celebrate every feb/13 that was ONE of the day God took care of one evil fellow. The day God answered the crying of the Biafran babies from their graves.
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Kano is mistaken as Hell cos they are four letter words. I think it was supposed to be honour in hell. God pls 4give me. Dont know who da murderer is for i wasnt born then sef.
People i feel at home here and i wish to learn more of my culture here.
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It is only in the cancer state called oNe nIgEria that RAPIST and MURDERERS are seen as HEROES.
Instead of make this fools to face the war crime tribunal. Obasanjo and cos are busy using oNe niGERia money to honour them. Now he is honouring Muritala mohammed, tomorrow he will want to honour Devil Benjamin Adekunle and other MURDERERS like him.
Hail Biafra now
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The ingenuity of Major Gideon Orkar Sunday, March 26, 2000
"But in reality, the action was carried out by persons of noble course, persons of great minds, who loved Nigeria and wanted to see Nigeria (emerge) one of the freest and fairest democracies of this world, not a democracy that is maintained on the principle of whims of sectional leaders." Chief Great Ogboru
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It is very important that we look back at some very special actors in our journey inwards (IJE ANYE). Of all the coupists both successful or not, one stands out - Major Gideon Orkar. What is it that is very special about this great African son? What is it that this great visionary saw that the other coupists did not see? Yes, Orkar was a great analyst and in time Africa will celebrate this her great son.
Recently as I listened to "National Public Radio" talk about how the Government of Kuwait will have to cut back from the excesses that were being doled out to its citizens, I was reduced to tears. Where does one start?
Should one start with the free schools, up to college level? Zero unemployment and infrastructures that work? Free health care and services as advanced as any in the advanced world?
Again the thought of this major crossed my mind. What did he see that other coupist could not or were not insightful enough to see? Why was his coup based on a different set of summation? How could the whole country have been so wrong? Even after millions lost their lives trying to 'Keep Nigeria One', here comes a major saying the opposite. What madness possessed this major, or all along was he the only sane person in the whole country? After all these years, one fact remains constant,
Orkar was a genius.
He had finally come to the realization that most of us even up to this very day continue to labour under and refuse to believe, that Nigeria was unworkable. He finally understood that the entity - Nigeria, was a mistake. He understood that there was no way one could get a democratic system and a feudal system under the same government. He understood that Nigeria was not designed to cater to the needs of of her citizens but to enrich some western interests. He looked at all the speeches of all the Northern leaders from the inception of the abomination Nigeria and one thing was clear, these guys were only interested in conquering the country. To them Nigeria was an entity set up to be raped and pillaged by them. In a flash of brilliance, he thought that since this mafia came from one part of the country, all he had to do was push that part out of Nigeria and the problem would be solved.
Great solution, but obviously doomed to fail. No matter how correct he thought he was, no one has the right to force nations under any umbrella without consulting them. But because this "Great Son of Africa" was ready to take a chance for "Mother Africa", we say NDEEWO to him.
Because this "Great Son of Africa" saw the suffering around him and decided to do some thing about it we say NDEEWO. Because this "Great Son of Africa" had a vision, and was ready to put all on the line for this selfless goal, we say NDEEWO to him. Yes, MAJOR GIDEON ORKAR, you are a man among men. Thank you for thinking of the common man.
There has to be a dissolution of Nigeria, BUT IT MUST BE PEACEFUL! It must be achieved through friendly negotiation by all the ethnic groups in Nigeria. Why remain in a bad marriage when one could be peaceful and friendly neighbours? The time has come for all alternatives be examined.
If USSR, a world power, can allow itself to peacefully spilt into 15 countries, how much less Nigeria? Nigeria must show the world that Africans can solve their problems without guns. WE MUST DO THE RIGHT THING.
With the declaration of the 'Core North' as an Islamic nation, the division is already in process. It is time for the other nations to speak for themselves. It is time for all ethnic groups to tell Nigerians where they stand. The die is cast, there is no going back.
Nigeria is dead, long live the new real emerging African countries.
Now we can finally shout UHURU!
Ndeewo. Emeka.
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I agree with you. Gideon Orkar was a genius. In his native Benue State he is fondly remembered + has attained the level of a saint in their hearts.
Orkar's only mistake was making his plans known in his coup broadcast because this caused northern elements to do all they could (surprise, surprise) to keep Nigeria one. He should have waited until his grip on the nation was firm before announcing his plan to excise all the northern states.
As regards Murtala, all I know is he had Biafran blood on his hands - which cannot be washed away.
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quote:The case of the assassination of General Murtala Mohammed on February 13, 1976 readily comes to mind. Was it not a female hotel attendant who turned over Col. Dimka in Abakaliki, where he needed just another 24 hours to hop across the border into exile and freedom? – Ochereome Nnanna
Sad! God knows no amount of money would have enticed me enough to turn Warrior Dimka in. What for? Murtala as a war criminal got what he asked for. I still remember my mood on hearing the news of Col. Dimka’s arrest then. I became soberly sick for days and still do till today. The man did not deserve to be caught for performing a community service.
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As much as I always agree with you and do agree with you that Murtala Mohammed committed war crime. However I have to disagree with you on Dimka, I think Dimka action was deplorable because if it wasn't for Dimka we would not have had this Ape called Obasanjo who is more of a war criminal than Mohammed.
I am also in disagreement with you (LOL) I say if not for the miscalculation of the illiterate known as abacha/ji akwu, the ape would have preceded stella in death. Granted that the warrior, Dimka cancelled the war criminal thereby ushering in the wicked ape, what stopped the munchi man called abacha from erasing the ex-felon, the ape when the time was over ripe for it after his attempted coup? See why I disagreed too?
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After I made my first post today I couldn’t help but think about brave men (Gideon Okar and Buka Suka Dimka) who perhaps would’ve reengineered that country of yours into something more acceptable had their actions succeeded. I am offended that a war criminal’s name in the caliber of murtala would be used as the first sign that greets every visitor to that country. I feel sad that of all the people who gave their all for a very ungrateful country overpopulated by the nama people, a war bandit came out their best choice. What the hell did murtala do for that country other than rape and murder innocent children, women, elderly and young in Asaba? Should his death be the sole criteria for making him such an ambassador? I think not, damn it!! Imagine that Thunder Balogun, the soccer Great's name is not found anywhere on the national landmark. Equally absent from things that count is the boxing Ace’s name, Dick Tiger. What you have instead are the names of crooks and murderers on every billboard and documents. There are many, many others who are more deserving of monuments and recognition than the war thief, murtala, I just cited the two for starters. In my lexicon, what I just said is pure unadulterated truth, but to the nama people, it's hate. No, call it what it is, in your face hard nosed truth! murtala gbaa kwaa oku!
Long may Gideon Okar’s and Buka Suka Dimka’s memories live!!!!
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