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There must be honor among thieves after all. Is this a shame or is it honor? No Igbo man should accept something called "honor" from Obasanjo. Now we know why Achebe has his tongue tied when Igbo people are killed everywhere in Nigeria. Chinua Achebe wanted to make sure that Obasanjo would not delete his name from the list of "honorees." Is Achebe a hero, a traitor, or a vilain?
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I think Prof Achebe is more than deserving of this honor, which should be seen from a larger perspective. Obasanjo will leave the scene but the honor will remain a Nigerian honor, except of course if the argument is whether or not he should take any honor from Nigeria at all.
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Achebe is in good company. Among his fellow honoree is the father of the internet himself Prof Dr. Emeagwali MON, boy Bill Gates will be jealous now. The place has gone from a 'Kai Kai' nation to an 'amala' republic and Achebe deserves his amala award.
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Chiboy, amala ke! Abeg, make u no break my spinal cord o!, else, be ready to take care of my family.
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Prof.Chinua Achebe have remained one of the few men of concience still alive.I wonder how many "wanna be" oppurtunists out there could give up such an exhaulted honour to protest bad governance in their home country.
May the good lord continue to bless and provide for that noble man and his family.I hope other Nigerians of international repute should take a cue to sacrifice something in order to save the "kaikai" nation currently at the mercy of mad men in Abuja.
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Achebe wrote from his Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, United States base to inform the President of his rejection of the award.
“The letter read: “I write this letter with a very heavy heart. For some time now I have watched events in Nigeria with alarm and dismay. I have watched particularly the chaos in my own state of Anambra where a small clique of renegades, openly boasting its connections in high places, seems determined to turn my homeland into a bankrupt and lawless fiefdom. I am appalled by the brazenness of this clique and the silence, if not connivance, of the Presidency.
“Forty three years ago, at the first anniversary of Nigeria’s independence I was given the first Nigerian National Trophy for Literature. In 1979, I received two further honors – the Nigerian National Order of Merit and the Order of the Federal Republic – and in 1999 the first National Creativity Award.
“I accepted all these honors fully aware that Nigeria was not perfect; but I had a strong belief that we would outgrow our shortcomings under leaders committed to uniting our diverse peoples. “Nigeria’s condition today under your watch is, however, too dangerous for silence. I must register my disappointment and protest by declining to accept the high honour awarded me in the 2004 Honors List”.
.....God bless his soul. Although i still think he should have accepted the award because it is his award, not Obasanjo's. The country belongs to all. I respect him for following his mind all the same.
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My take on this is that the respected writer saw where this topic was headed and he decided to publicly reject that abomination of an "honor." It was the right thing for him to do. I applaud him. But, he needs to do more.
Let the Igbo efulefu be the ones to accept the garbage from Obasanjo. Obasanjo should honor Kema Chikwe, Arthur Nzeribe, Iwuanyanwu, Chimaraoke Nnamani, and Orji Kalu. I hear those ones already have the "honors," but another one wouldn't hurt. The bottomline is that Obasanjo will only nominate persons that he believes are Igbo efulefu, or persons like Chinua Achebe who have been silent of late while Igboland burned.
If this topic helped Achebe to make up his mind or to go public with his rejection, then, there should be more topics like this. I opened this topic early afternoon on the 15th, and the same day Achebe told Obasanjo to take his "honor" and go to hell. That is the way it should be.
I just learned that Onwuka Kalu, the so-called "Okpuzu of Abiriba," APGA's candidate for governor in the last elections was nominated for one of those shameful and poisoned Obasanjo awards of the Niger or 419 Republic. Word is that Onwuka Kalu is ecstatic and will accept the shame. We are watching.
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God bless Chinua Achebe. We are all proud of you. Obasanjo's award is worthless. Under his watch the citizen's are groaning and he is using this award to refocus attention for his failed adminstration.
I am glad we can still find a man of honor in Igboland. I hope others will follow Achebe's steps. Chukwu gozie gi Chinua Achebe.
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Although you are already a distinguished son of Africa, your rejection of the 3 for penny GCFR award is a class act way of telling OBJ to “shove” it, and many of us love you the more for standing out from the evil multitude.
The award was actually an insult from Obasanjo not a distinguished honour. I am glad Achebe did not fall for it, he would have lost any credibility he had left following his long silence on burning issues.
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Onyemaechi, While we all laud the literary giant Prof Chinua Achebe,i must point out that it is an anathema of sorts to lump all illustrious sons of Igboland as efulefus.I may take it when chaffs like Chimaroke,Orji uzor,Iwuanyanwus,Ukpabi Asikas etc and those who have anti igbo skeletons in their closets are chided.I was personally pained when you started this topic on highly reverred Prof.Achebe. All Igbo sons who have decided to watch and see are not necessarily efulefus.Everyone must not exactly take the same measures.Prof.Achebe rejected the CFR honour exactly the same manner Eze DR Akanu Ibiam renounced his honourary British Knighthood in protest against that country`s infamous role in the Nigerian civil war.Others physically carried the guns and shells to the war front.They might be doing their own small bidding out of the media which may ultimately exert a greater pressure than all your personal write ups put together!Even Igbo sons as Prof Philip Emeagwali that took the award have not done anything wrong so far.Until they constitute themselves into local terrorists in Igboland as Ojo Maduekwe and co.Who would insult even their dead grand father or God because of Obasanjo`s money. I hope we would learn to apply some restraints when lashing on ALL prominent igbo sons for no obvious crime.If we cannot tolerate insult on our light bearers by others,we should equally not tarnish their character for no just cause.
quote:All Igbo sons who have decided to watch and see are not necessarily efulefus.Everyone must not exactly take the same measures.Prof.Achebe rejected the CFR honour exactly the same manner Eze DR Akanu Ibiam renounced his honourary British Knighthood in protest against that country`s infamous role in the Nigerian civil war.Others physically carried the guns and shells to the war front.They might be doing their own small bidding out of the media which may ultimately exert a greater pressure than all your personal write ups put together!Even Igbo sons as Prof Philip Emeagwali that took the award have not done anything wrong so far.Until they constitute themselves into local terrorists in Igboland as Ojo Maduekwe and co.Who would insult even their dead grand father or God because of Obasanjo`s money.
Where do I begin to respond to you? Any Igbo son who is exercising the luxury of watching from the sidelines is an efulefu because Igbos watching from the sidelines are all that Obasanjo requires to proceed to wipe out Igbo nationalists. The silence and “watching from the sidelines” becomes criminal when the person doing it is one with the voice and pen of Chinua Achebe. I can assure you that Achebe’s legacy, not as writer, but as an Igbo is in danger of ruin if he does not become more vociferous in condemning Obasanjo’s and the Nigerian state’s on-going campaign of slow genocide in Igboland. Achebe’s silence is as destructive to Nd’Igbo as the danger he wrote about in his declination letter. No one is asking Achebe to carry the gun. All we ask is that he does for the Igbo what Soyinka does for the Yoruba. Soyinka knows that it is criminal for him to keep silent when Yorabaland is in danger.
When you write about “Prof Philip Emeagwali,” I hope you are not attempting to reopen an old debate about the “father of the Internet saga.” You may want to tell us what Emeagwali is professor of where he teaches, what formal education he has, and whether he likes being addressed as an “Igbo son” instead of a “Yoruba by birth.”
As far as I am concerned, Emeagwali deserves to be honored by Obasanjo; conmen should honor each other. I don’t think you will see many here asking Chukwura Emeagwali (his new name) to turn down the award from Obasanjo. Achebe is a different matter, and that is why I am being very cautious.
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Ndewo, who could have said it better. I believe Achebe himself noted the danger associated with further silence on his part in that letter. This whole silence thing goes beyond Achebe to include all those who think they can sit out injustice and then re emerge when the coast is clear to proclaim their innocence,Ibiam never for one day kept anyone guessing. Benefit of doubt for Obasanjo expired with the massive dis enfranchisement of Ndigbo in 2003, after that any one keeping quiet is not being sincere.
I hope his decision not to keep quiet goes beyond the award but leads to a revival of the spirit that led to his selfless service for his people in Biafra. Achebe like Ikemba or Ibiam is one of those who by virtue of their service to Ndigbo has the Igbo stigma stuck on them, there is no running away from this stigma which is why no one expects him to keep quiet when somebody declares war on Igboland.
Njiko Umuigbo Only in BiafraNigeria can a man con himself into a national award even when a little research could uncover his con. Onyemaechi has given you a very important task, please come back to the forum with details of Emeagwali's achievements before we begin to discuss the relevance of his accepting or rejecting the award.
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Here is the reaction of Onwuka Kalu, the Okpuzu, sorry, the Efulefu of Abiriba:
quote:I wish to inform you that the President of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has awarded me a national honour of "OFFICER OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC". (OFR). This is in recognition of my contributions to the industrial and economic development of Nigeria. This honour is equivallent to the CBE or OBE which the Queen gives to people who have made spectacular contributions to the British Empire in their field of endeavour.
This honour is priceless especially when you remember that out of a population of about 150 million, there are less than 500 people who have been honoured with OFR since Nigeria became a country. In other words, it is a privilege that God has made me one of the 500 Nigerians who have received this honour out of a population of about 150 million people. I am extremely humbled and grateful to Almighty God for this honour. It is a pleasant surprise since I did not lobby for it and since many people with billions of dollars in their bank accounts have been lobbying for it without success.
As a result of the various travails which I had had to contend with, I had at a point thought that my contributions to the development of Nigeria were not being appreciated by my country but I did not know that God was waiting for the right time to honour me.
During the month of December 2004, we shall, by the special grace of God, celebrate this honour, my 50th birthday, my Igwa Mang ceremony and many other things which God has done for me and my family. We shall give thanks to God in a church - a THANKS-GIVING SERVICE at Abiriba, my home town. I hope you will honour me with your presence.
Warm regards,
Chief Onwuka Kalu, LL.B (Hons) OFR (Okpuzu of Abiriba)
Onwuka Kalu should be ashamed of himself. Where are the so-called "industries" he built in Abia. Onwuka Kalu was driven out of business some years ago by the same crooks from whom he is now excited to receive "honors." The old man ran to England, where he earned a law degree about two years ago. His first job application after law school was a run for governor under APGA. For accepting an award from Obasanjo, he has ensured his place in the halls of Igbo Efulefu.
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President did not receive any letter from Chinua Achebe:
quote:Presidency Denies Receiving Achebe's Letter
Writer reaffirms rejection, supports strikes and protests National Honours
From Josephine Lohor in Abuja and Paul Ohia in Lagos with agency report
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The Presidency yesterday stated that President Olusegun Obasanjo is yet to formally receive a letter from Professor Chinua Achebe rejecting the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic (CFR) to be accorded him.
But Achebe yesterday on the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Network Africa news programme maintained that he actually rejected the national award as a protest against the worsening economic conditions in the country.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media Matters, Mrs Oluremi Oyo, speaking to State House Correspondents yesterday, said Achebe's rejection letter which has already been published in some newspapers has not reached President Obasanjo.
"This is about 1.30 p.m. (yesterday), Monday October 18, 2004, President Obasanjo has not received, as at this time, any letter from the respected Professor Achebe.
"What you read in the newspapers are comments from a government official that say it is well within the rights of Professor Achebe not to want an award that has been graciously given him by his nation," she said.
In a reaction to Achebe's letter, a presidential aide, Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, had said Sunday the author's estimation of Nigeria's situation was not right.
"If you look at the problems in 1999 and the gains we have made, it does not suggest that things are different," Fani-Kayode said in an interview with the Punch.
"We are on our way to the promised land and we need as much encouragement as we can get from respected Nigerians like Achebe," he added.
But Mrs. Oyo said yesterday, "I am saying to you that as I am talking to you, the President has not received any letter from Professor Chinua Achebe.
"The award subsists but it is within the right of the professor not to accept. But again, the President has not received any letter. I have also not seen a copy of the letter."
Speaking on BBC yesterday Achebe said that Obasanjo bears primary responsibility of changing things for the better in the country.
The author of the famous novel Things Fall Apart which has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide said: "Nigeria is a country that does not work. Schools, universities, roads, hospitals, water, the economy, security, life."
Achebe added that he hoped that rejecting the Commander of the Federal Republic - Nigeria's second highest honour - would serve as a "wake-up call".
He also said that he hoped the recent wave of strikes and protests would continue until there is "change".
Achebe, had in a two-page letter to Obasanjo which was published in some newspapers, stated that "Nigeria's condition today under your watch is however, too dangerous for silence. I must register my disappointment and protest by declining to accept the high honour awarded me in the 2004 honours list."
Achebe, who noted that he was writing the letter "with a very heart," stated that "for sometime now, I have watched events in Nigeria with alarm and dismay. I have watched particularly the chaos in my own state of Anam-bra where a small clique of renegades, openly boasting its connections in high places, seems determined to turn my homeland into a bankrupt and lawless fiefdom.
"I am appalled by the brazenness of this clique and the silence, if not connivance of the Presidency."
Why the rush to press without sending the letter to the president?
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Kunle, You are indeed very funny with you assretion that Prof.Achebe did not send the letter to Aso rock.
What do you expect those liars in Aso rock to say?Are you really second guessing the same regime that kill peaceful protesters and secretly bury them in mass graves?That assasinate activists and insist they died from mere motor accidents or in the hands of prostitutes even when the bullet holes are all too obvious?
Prof.Achebe lives in the United states.So at least for now he is safe from your murderous SSS and the Nigerian army boys who by now would have since sprayed him with bullets and blamed the crime on some elusive armed robbery attack.It`s a shame that there still public officers out there bent on insulting the intelligence of Nigerians by telling blatant lies and people like you(Kunle) who try to abate them.
"I cannot surrender the sovereignty that was given to me by the Nigerian people". President Olusegun Obasanjo, Oyo State February, 2001.
As a direct consequence of the gradual degeneration of the Nigerian state, the passionate campaign and vigorous agitation for the convocation of a Sovereign National Conference (SNC) is once again steadily gathering momentum. For even though we have a "democratically" elected government in power today, the fact remains that the "National Question" is yet to be answered. And until we have searched our souls and settled some outstanding fundamental issues that still exist among our varous nationalities, until the brutal role of internal colonialism has been completely and irrevocably shattered, Nigeria cannot possibly prosper and neither can she achieve her full potentials. This is because there can be little doubt that the many problems that this country faces cannot be solved simply by the establishment of democracy, the provision of good government and the equitable distribution of ministerial portfolios.
There is far more to it than that and anyone that seriously believes otherwise must have been living on another planet for the last 41 (forty-one) years. And with all due respect to President Obasanjo's efforts, it is painfully obvious that a sovereign national conference remains the only permanent solution to the myriad of complex problems in this country. For example, when did we as a people ever agree to stay together as one? And even if we ever did what were the terms of our union? Did the people of the south ever agree to become perpetual slaves to the Fulani ruling class and their military collaborators? And even though we have a southerner in power today, what happens in 2007 after Obasanjo goes? Or can he remain there forever? Will the hegemonic forces, at that point, not insist on taking the Presidency back to the core conservative north? And in the event of this happening will we not have come back to square one? And in any case when did the south ever agree to assume the role of a wealthy yet submissive and timid wife that has been systematically and consistently cheated, raped and sodomised by a parasitic, domineering and arrogant northern husband? And what makes matters worse is that this is a habitually lazy husband who is not only poverty-stricken but also barely educated and ill-prepared for the 21st century.
Again, could the Yoruba ever seriously agree for a man like Obasanjo to adequately and honestly represent their interests at the centre? A man who saw "political sharia" and rather than face it squarely instead tucked his tail between his legs and ran. Can anyone dispute the fact that the young Ganiyu Adams is steadily acquiring the status of the William Wallace of Yoruba politics? And in case anyone has forgotten, William Wallace was the courageous and heroic morning-class Scotsman who gallantly led his people against the brutal tyranny of their English overlords in the 15th century but who was eventually betrayed by some unscrupulous members of his own Scottish ruling class (see the film titled "Braveheart"). Even though Wallace was eventually caught and executed by the English, the irresistible flame of rebellion to tyranny that he had effectively and selflessly kindled eventually led to the liberation of Scotland and to the establishment of an independent Scottish monarchy. Let no one be in any doubt that, despite the "shoot to kill" orders and the ongoing yet covert "elimination" policy of the federal police, there are literally millions of closet Ganiyu Adams in the west today who are simply waiting for the right time to manifest their outrage and disgust about what is still happening in this country.
If you kill Ganiyu Adams today one thousand will rise up in his place and whether anyone likes it or not the truth is that Nigeria is once again silently on the boil. Consequently, I have no doubt that sometime in the not too distant future a set of circumstances will unfold that will ensure that a sovereign national conference is finally called and its recommendations will be implemented to the letter. It is only a matter of time. Again, the truth is that nothing has happened today that has encouraged those of us that share this view to have cause to change our minds: economic conditions in the Nigeria of today are far worse than they were 22 (twenty-two) months ago. And sadly it is a notorious fact that as despicable and heartless as the Abacha administration was, it at least managed to keep the exchange rate at approximately N80 (eighty naira) to $1 (on dollar for almost 4 (four) years running. Yet by way of contrast, the present administration has allowed the naira to drop to N125 (one hundred and twenty five naira) to $1 (one dollar in just 22 months). Now let me state categorically and clearly that this is not an indirect endorsement or an _expression of supprt for Sani "Barao" Abacha's luciferian dictatorship. Rather it is merely a noteworthy and pertinent observation and an irrefutable statement of fact.
And even if some believe that this is "no big deal", can anyone disagree with the brilliant Ajose Adeogun when he recently said "this country is on its knees and in a state of crisis and yet the President is busy junketing all over the world." And even though this writer may not be prepared to go as far as my respected friend and "Egbon" Kanmi Ademiluyi, who recently said that, from an economic perspective, he believes that the present administration is "the worst since Nigeria's independence," I would certainly acknowledge the fact that there is considerable cause for concern. And just as one small example, in places like Apapa and Ikeja today (which are both primary industrial areas) the Federal Government cannot even supply more than three to four hours of electric power per day. Again in many other less "privileged" areas the residents have not had any power supply at all for days, weeks and, in some cases, even months. Of course, the dire implications of the fuel scarcity is an old story but even more worrying than that is the very serious problem of the newly acquired personality traits of President Olusegun Obasanjo. The President now seems to be gradually relapsing to his old, pre-1995 dictatorial self and there can be little doubt that the man suffers from what the British would describe as a "debilitating character flaw." The truth is that is appears that of late our President has cultivated what we in Pentecostal circles have come to recognise as a "Saulian anointing." He started well but he is progressively deteriorating. And if he is not careful like the biblical Saul he will end in utter disaster and shame. Frankly, and in my humble opinion, he would do well to once again remember the chilling words of Pastor Tunde Bakare's "Agagian prophecy." Again it is clear that Mr President feels unduly threatened by everyone and anyone. He does not listen. He does not care and he appears to growl with a deep and disembling rage whenever anyone looks at things from a different perspective to his own. He finds it difficult to tolerate any form of criticism (even where such is constructive) and he has cultivated an obvious and relentless contempt for intellectual discourse. Again he has absolute disdain and contempt for those of us that contribute to public debate and intellectual discourse and that spend some of our time writing books or publishing articles. For people like Mr President the influencing of public opinion through the auspices of the print media does not matter and neither does public opinion itself count for anything. And this is to be expected from the likes of him for there is nothing that a soldier fears more than a powerful and loaded pen, and this is the case for one reason and one reason alone. The bullet from a soldier's gun can kill but only once but a well-primed shot from a powerful pen can wound and maim from generation to generation. Mr President's attitude is further worsened and compounded by the fact that he, for some reason or other, actually sees himself as not only an intellectual but also as a "messiah."
He believes that he has all the answers. He believes that he can never be wrong. Yet, sadly, the bitter truth is that in his first coming Obasanjo sold us to the Fulani caliphate and now, in his second, he is selling us not only to his American and Western European backers but also to his friends at the IMF and the World Bank. The president has turned himself into something that is akin to the proverbial heartless and extremely wicked African slave trader who actually takes pleasure in selling and humiliating his own people and of course when they begin to complain he attempts to intimidate and cowed them into silence and submission and he lashes them with his cruel whip. The truth is that this writer is sick and tired of attempting to gloss over and rationalise the gross inadequacies of the Obasanjo administration simply on the grounds that Obasanjo is a southerner and a Yoruba man. The fact of the matter is that if Mr President had happened to be a northern there would probably have been rioting in the streets of the west by now as a consequence of the sheer incompetence and insensitivity of the Federal Government, and in any case Obasanjo was never the Yoruba candidate so he must stop taking the Yoruba support that he has recently cultivated for granted. We cannot whip the children of others when they do wrong and at the same time spare our own child the rod when he has failed. As a matter of fact, if things do not improve I can confidently say that he will be forced by the electorate to wave "bye'bye" to the Presidential Villa by 2003. Things are that bad. Yet I have absolutely nothing personal against the president and I say all these things out of love simply because I do not want him to fail in his endeavours. And when I cast my vote for him in 2003 I want to be able to do so in good conscience and as a consequence of his policies and not just because he is a devout Christian and a Yoruba man that I feel that I am obliged to support for primordial reasons.
Culled from the Comet newspaper of March 18, 2001
Fani-Kayode in 2004
FG replies Achebe • ‘He isn’t aware of our reforms’• Full text of Achebe’s letter inside
Yusuf Alli
BARELY 24 hours after literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, rejected a national honour because of the parlous state of the nation’s economy and the political situation in Anambra State, the Federal Government denied his claim that the country was drifting.
Special Assistant (Public Affairs) to the President, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode, said although things might look difficult, Nigeria was making progress.
“If you look at the problems in 1999 and the gains we have made, it does not suggest that things are difficult,” Fani-Kayode said in a telephone interview with our correspondent on Sunday.
“We are on our way to the Promised Land and we need as much encouragement as we can get from respected Nigerians like Achebe,” he added.
A list of the 2004 awardees announced on Thursday indicated that Achebe was to receive the nation’s second highest honour – Commander of the Federal Republic.
Last Friday he wrote a four-paragraph letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo from his New York, United States base, rejecting the award.
Achebe cited the unresolved political problems in Anambra State and the worsening economic condition in the country as reasons for turning down the honour.
But the Federal Government through Fani-Kayode, said, “The situation may look difficult but we are making progress and we will get there; we will turn things around.
“At the end of the day, people like Achebe will commend the vision and policies of President Obasanjo in making Nigeria great.
“It is his (Achebe’s) prerogative to either accept or reject the national honour. Obviously, he is not fully aware that Mr. President had been trying to initiate a lot of programmes to make Nigeria better. Regardless of this, we wish him well in his endeavours.”
Concerning the alleged involvement of The Presidency in the crisis in Anambra State, Fani-Kayode faulted Achebe’s claim.
“On the issue of Anambra crisis, there is no iota of truth in that. Achebe is a distinguished and highly respected son of Africa, we have nothing but respect for him. But, he is completely not in the picture of the situation in Anambra State.
“If he wants to get more information, our doors are open. The Anambra crisis is a local one, the Federal Government has nothing to do with it,” he said.
Asked why the government was harbouring those described by Achebe as “renegades”, Fani-Kayode said, “Who are the renegades? He should name them and he should tell how we are harbouring them.
Judge for yourself the true color of a Yorubaman, a people we are supposed to share a country with!. What's more, i can only advise MeBiafra to watch his back while dinning with addy and the new song on his lips. Did you say Banjo. never agian!.
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How na? It's like you don't wanna hang with your folks no more, huh? Never mind.
quote:What's more, i can only advise MeBiafra to watch his back while dinning with addy and the new song on his lips. Did you say Banjo. never agian!.
All I've always wanted is for us (addy too) to let our dialogue be honest without the usual tribal garb the Yoruba appends to it. Only an idiot would not know that obasanjo is bad news not only to the Igbo nation, but to mankind and humanity. The boy, obasanjo is wickedly dangerous!
I thank you for that advice though but I believe my back is heavily guarded. I'm fortified! One question to you though, wouldn't you say my tête-à-tête with addy was fruitful and indeed achieved the objectivity it desired? I however retain the right to go on offensive if and when it becomes necessary. It makes no difference where an IDIOT hails if any one should write in jargon about my nation, BIAFRA, then it's on.
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quote: Why the rush to press without sending the letter to the president? KUNLE
The last time I checked Obasanjo didn't know where the Okigbo report was.Don't you think Fani Kayode is telling lies as usual.
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quote:Why the rush to press without sending the letter to the president? KUNLE
The day the yoroba begins to see things sensibly that day nigeria would record her renaissance. Who the hell is obasanjo to deserve such treatment? Kunle must know that comments such as his confirms his lack of common wisdom, in other words, he's a dunce.
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Onyemachi I disagree with you on Achebe's silence, Achebe have not actually been silence, is just that he may not have been as vocal as some of us would like. 3 years ago when Achebe was the speaker at the Odenigbo lecture, he mince no words to tell the Igbo efulefu's the cost of what they are doing to Igboland.
Another issue we also have to understand is that Prof Achebe have been on wheel chair for almost 18 years now since a car accident almost took his life. I think that have contributed to his silence. If we go down memory lane we will see that Achebe have not always been known to be silence when it comes to burning issues. I remember Achebe been openly disgusted when he and other literary legend, appealed to IBB to spare the life of Mamman Vesta. But IBB ignored them and excuted Vesta. I don't agree that Achebe is an Efulefu. If you start lumping the likes of Achebe together with the Iwuanyanwu's and Udenwas of Igboland, we run the danger of not been taken serious when we call somebody an Efulefu.
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