Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
Mobolaji E. Aluko
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Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
A Daily Selection of Public and Private News On Nigeria
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GEN. DIYA, 5 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
THOSE FOUND GUILTY AND THEIR PUNISHMENT AND THOSE SET FREE
EXECUTION OF THE ACCUSED AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS DILEMNA
REACTIONS TO COUP VERDICT
THE REGIME'S CASE AGAINST THE ACCUSED
ETHNIC UNDERTONES OF DIYA'S CONVICTION
CLEMENCY PLEAS EXPECTED, BUT RADICALS SAY NO
DIYA FALLS FROM GRACE TO GRASS
NIGERIAN ECOMOG SOLDIERS TO BE COURT MARSHALLED
OPEC COUNTRIES MAY REDUCE OIL SUPPLY TO WESTERN COUNTRIES
WRITERS PROTEST JAILED NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS
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GEN. DIYA, 5 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A secret military court yesterday sentenced General Sani Abacha's former
deputy and five others to death for plotting to overthrow him. The Major
General Victor Malu seven-man military panel, which has been sitting in
camera in Jos, said 30 people had been tried for treason including
Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya, and two former ministers in Abacha's
government. Security was tightened around the site of the tribunal just
hours before the verdict, according to witnesses. ''There were lots of
checkpoints manned by many armed soldiers,'' added another. But despite
the tight security, there was ''no obvious tension'' in Jos. ''Normal
business went on as usual,'' one witness said. The coup verdict comes a
week after Gen. Sani Abacha became the only candidate for Nigeria's
presidency, and three days before anti-military protests nationwide. The
opposition had demanded an open trial accusing the government of a
possible travesty of justice. In response, the government presented video
evidence showing some of the accused confessing to planning to topple the
military ruler.
THOSE FOUND GUILTY AND THEIR PUNISHMENT AND THOSE SET FREE
Dozens of persons were investigated in connection with the alleged plot.
Last week, 10 soldiers were freed after a lengthy inquiry determined they
were not involved in the incident. General Malu said thirty people were
charged. Those sentenced to death are : Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya,
former Vice-Chairman, Provisional Ruling Council and Chief of General
Staff, Major-General Abdulkarim Adisa, 50, former Minister of Works and
Housing Major-General Tajudeen Olanrewaju, 51, former Minister of
Communications Major Olusegun Fadipe, chief security officer to Diya,
Lieutenant-Colonel Olu Akinyode, former aide-de-camp to Olarewaju and a
civilian engineer, Bola Adebanjo, an associate of Diya. Four were
convicted of "information gathering" and implication in the alleged coup
plot, and sentenced to life imprisonment. They are Colonel Edwin Jando,
Isaiah Adebowale, Niran Malaolu (editor of Diet newspaper) and Shola Shode
a female.
Fadipe, who was sentenced to death, had already pleaded guilty on the
opening day of the trial. ''I am not here to waste anybody's time'' he was
quoted as saying. Two were convicted of theft and were sentenced to 14
years' imprisonment: Lieutenant-Colonel I.E. Yakasai and Major Biliaminu
Mohammed. One was convicted of importing arms and was sentenced to 10
years' imprisonment: Colonel Yakubu Bako. Three were convicted of theft
and handling stolen goods. They were sentenced to various prison terms:
Ojeniyi Ademola (two years) Michael Maidamino (five years) and Galadima
Tanko (two years). The tribunal acquitted 14 on unspecified charges: Major
Yusuf Isiaku, Navy Captain B. A. Shoetan, Warrant Officer Coker Oladosu,
Staff Sergeant Moses Eni, Corporal I. Kontagora, Corporal Eddy Egbunu,
Bawa Machido, Omatimehin Abimbola, Halima Bawa (female who was never
shackled), Eliyasu Mohammed, Professor Femi Odekunle, Chief Yomi Tokoya,
Moussa Adede, and Ibrahim Moussa Orgar. Released uncharged on 20 April
1998: Colonel Daniel Akintonde and Colonel Emmanuel Shoda. Reportedly
detained without charge or trial: Major-General Lawrence Onoja, aide to
Diya Yesterday, the accused persons looked jaded, but appeared to be in
better condition and less bewildered than when they first sat before the
tribunal on February 14. Olanrewaju was seen exchanging words cheerfully
with Diya before both were sentenced to death. Since 1986, 79 people have
been executed following treason trials by Special Military Tribunals.
EXECUTION OF THE ACCUSED AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS DILEMMA
Carrying out the sentences poses a new human rights dilemma for the
military regime, which has been under limited international sanctions
since 1995, when the Ogoni nine were executed for murder. Western
countries including the United States, Britain and Canada had demanded
that Diya and the others be given a fair and open hearing in a normal
court of law. Diya said that he had been framed but did not publicly deny
guilt. Amnesty International said it opposes the death penalty in all
cases. ''This trial was grossly unfair, denying the defendants most of the
fundamental rights guaranteed under Nigeria's own constitution and under
human rights treaties to which Nigeria has a legally-binding commitment,
in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and
the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights'' Amnesty said.
''The 1986 Treason and Other Offences Decree allows the military head of
state to establish an ad hoc military tribunal, the Special Military
Tribunal, outside the normal judicial system and composed of armed forces
officers. It is not an independent or competent court of law. The
defendants were denied practically all rights of defence, including the
right to choose independent and not military lawyers. They had no right
of appeal to a higher or independent court'' the group added. Yesterday's
sentences has once again turned the spotlight on the country. Western
countries have threatened a possible extension of sanctions, though not
yet to lifeblood crude oil exports, if Nigeria does not improve its human
rights record and restore a semblance of democracy this year. Foreign
Minister Chief Tom Ikimi had accused some Western countries of aiding the
coup plotters but had failed to name the countries concerned.
REACTIONS TO COUP VERDICT
Human rights and prodemocracy groups have reacted sharply to the decision
of the military tribunal. saying the coup proceedings should have been
open to the public. ''I'm very sad that this type of thing could happen at
a time of such incredible tension in this country,'' said human rights
campaigner Gani Fawehinmi. ''Shedding of blood must be stopped in this
country. We plead that there should be no execution. Their lives should be
spared'' said the Primate of Nigeria's Methodist Church, Dr Sunday Mbang.
The Eastern Mandate Union's Director of Publicity Udenta Udenta criticised
the proceedings. ''The whole process was flawed. They ought to have been
tried in an open court'' Udenta said adding ''the judgement is a
deliberate plan by Abacha in his self succession agenda''. It is still
not clear if the convicts would be allowed to appeal the judgement. The
sentences must be ratified by the Provisional Ruling Council. No date for
the executions was set. Church officials called for leniency. ''Serious
doubts have been expressed about the genuine nature of the government's
claim that there was indeed an attempt to overthrow Abacha,'' said
Methodist Church of Abuja Archbishop Ola Makinde. ''I want to stress that
if the executions are carried out, I'm afraid it could be ominous for this
nation.''
A statement from the Human Rights Africa group in Lagos said that ''The
government should remember the honour of the nation and her citizens in a
world that continues to wonder how utterly bizarre things can be in
Nigeria.'' The National Co-ordinator of Free Democracy group, Kayode
Adaramoye described the judgement as a ''travesty of justice''. The Civil
Liberties Organisation's head of project, Olawole Fapohunda was of the
view that the death sentences were ''out of fashion''. Nadeco leader Chief
Abraham Adesanya said the trial was not fair. He called on Nigerians and
the international community to reject the verdict. ''Nadeco is not
convinced that they committed the offence for which they were convicted''
Adesanya said. ''We will not plead for the alleged coup plotters because
the trial was not fair'' he added. Another Nadeco chieftain Chief Ayo
Adebanjo said the events of yesterday ''was in accordance with the plan of
the government''. Dr Tunji Braithwaite said ''we don't know what actually
happened in the secret trial. I am sure that the almighty God will put
things right in this country eventually''. Pa Adisa Bakare, the
octogenarian father of General Adisa pleaded with Abacha to spare the life
of his son and the other convicts. ''General Abacha should be magnanimous
enough to set them free. He should forgive them, they are his children''.
Western diplomats said they expected pleas for clemency would be issued
today.
THE REGIME'S CASE AGAINST THE ACCUSED
When the trial began, Diya, 54, insisted he had been framed by Abacha and
other top military officers. Yesterday, he was not permitted to say a
word. Shackled in leg chains, Diya and the other defendants stood before
General Malu, who announced the verdicts and sentences. Malu said there
was overwhelming evidence proving Diya had amassed a small army of loyal
troops by the time his plot to overthrow the regime was discovered. Malu,
dismissed Diya's claims of innocence. ''The findings of the tribunal were
that he presided over and actively participated in several meetings in
which the coup was discussed,'' Malu said. ''The coup would have been
carried out on December 20, the day that most of the accused were picked
up''. He said soldiers had already begun moving into position to overthrow
the government. Malu also said Diya had no defence for having taken part
in meetings to plot the overthrow of Abacha. ''Any officer who was given
any information or who was invited to a meeting should report to the
authorities of the plot when they were approached by those he claimed
initiated it,'' Malu said.
ETHNIC UNDERTONES OF DIYA'S CONVICTION
The alleged coup plot had developed strong ethnic undertones since the
ring leaders -- and all those sentenced to death, are from the Yoruba
ethnic group, the heartland of opposition to Abacha's government and of
detained presidential claimant Chief Moshood Abiola. After Abacha seized
power in 1993, Diya helped bring credibility to the government by
convincing some of his Yoruba kinsmen to join in. It was a time when
pundits warned Nigeria could break up. Most of Abacha's high profile
detainees are from the southwest. Abacha is from the politically dominant
north like most of the soldiers who have ruled Nigeria for all but 10
years since independence from Britain in 1960. Abacha, has repeatedly
purged his military ranks of potential threats by claiming senior officers
were aiming to overthrow him.
The alleged involvement in the coup of the head of the army Major General
Ishaiya Bamaiyi, another Northerner, has not been satisfactorily explained
by the government. Analyst are of the view that General Malu attempted to
explain the alleged entrapment of Diya by Abacha, Generals Bamaiyi and
Patrick Aziza in his closing remarks yesterday. ''There was no charge for
initiating a coup plot and as such it was not necessary to enquire into
who initiated the conspiracy,'' Malu, a former commander of the West
African ECOMOG peacekeeping force said. The controversy has given more
credence to the arguments of the regime's critics that the accused were
entrapped either to brush them aside to pave the smooth way for Abacha to
implement his agenda or to continue the marginalisation of top Yoruba
officers in the military and civil service. Human rights group Amnesty
International said ''Unofficial reports suggest that senior military
officers may have devised the coup plot in order to entrap Diya and other
senior officers, mostly from the Yoruba ethnic group''. The group also
questioned the rational for not investigating the initiators of the coup.
''The Special Military Tribunal, in its announcement of the sentences,
reportedly said that it had not enquired into who had initiated the
conspiracy. At the start of the trial, there were 26 defendants; by the
end there were 30'' Amnesty added.
CLEMENCY PLEAS EXPECTED, BUT RADICALS SAY NO
Some radical opposition groups have warned against mercy pleas for those
convicted of coup plotting saying ''it will only grease the ego of the
dictator''. The Free Nigeria group said ''this is a case of dog eat dog by
the military in its bid to destroy itself after it has succeeded in
destroying every fabric of the society''. The group said General Diya had
dined with the devil. ''General Diya and the other convicts have been
integral parts of the worst ever dictatorship in Nigeria and the African
continent this century. They deserve what they get. All those who will
troop to Abuja to plead on their behalf are hypocrites.'' But analysts
believe some prominent Nigerians and Western nations are expected to
appeal for clemency after the death sentences. Western diplomats said the
appeals were likely on behalf of Nigeria's former number two,
Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya, and the others, whose sentences must now
be ratified by Abacha and his ruling military council. ''I am sure that we
will issue an appeal of some kind,'' said one Western diplomat in Lagos.
The South African government yesterday hoped for clemency.
DIYA FALLS FROM GRACE TO GRASS
Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya, was once a pillar of General Sani
Abacha's government. His influence as Nigeria's official number two had
waned long before he was picked up in the capital Abuja last December 20,
accused of planning to murder Abacha and take power for himself with a
group of other officers. Diya, an infantry officer like Abacha, had always
been seen as a close ally of the Nigerian ruler and was instrumental in
defusing ethnic tension after Abacha seized power in 1993 by convincing
some of his Yoruba kinsmen to join the government. It was a very different
Diya who was filmed dropping to his knees before Abacha to beg for
forgiveness after his involvement in the plot was uncovered. The military
tribunal, which sentenced Diya and five others to death in Jos, did not
accept his plea of having been set up. At the same time it did not accuse
Diya of initiating the coup. The son of a railway technician, Diya opted
early in life for a military career entering the defence academy in Kaduna
in northern Nigeria as a pioneer student in 1964. He was commissioned
second-lieutenant in March 1967, just in time to fight on the federal side
in the Nigerian civil war. He went to the United States Army School of
Infantry at Fort Benning, Georgia, in 1971-72 before returning home to
hold several command positions. A frugal person, promotion came his way
steadily and in 1979-80 Diya was commander of the Nigerian contingent in
the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon. After the military overthrew
the government of President Shehu Shagari in December 1983, Diya was
appointed military governor of Ogun state, home to himself, Abiola and
imprisoned former military ruler General Olusegun Obasanjo. There he
vigorously waged war against indiscipline and introduced a controversial
tax on lavish social parties for which the southwestern Nigeria is famous.
Diya's first marriage broke up although it produced three children - a
lawyer, an accountant and a student. He now has two wives with two
daughters.
NIGERIAN ECOMOG SOLDIERS TO BE COURT MARSHALLED
About 57 Nigerian ECOMOG soldiers in Sierra Leone are to be court
marshalled for avoiding enemy fire in the eastern district of Koidu.
Military sources said the soldiers inaction led to the capture and
mutilation of 47 Nigerian soldiers by rebel AFRC and RUF forces. The
wounded soldiers who were later rescued by another battalion of ECOMOG
troops had their hands, ears and legs chopped by retreating rebel forces.
Sierra Leone officials declined to comment on the situation citing the
recent censorship of military activities by ECOMOG. But a Nigerian soldier
who spoke on condition of anonimity said ''the arrested soldiers have been
locked up in guardrooms until they face court marshall at Wilberforce
Barracks in Sierra Leone. The source said if found guilty, they will be
taken to Lagos for ''the appropriate punishment''. Thirty of the wounded
soldiers were flown to Lagos yesterday and are believed to have been taken
to the Nigerian Army's Oshodi Rehabilitation Centre, Lagos.
OPEC COUNTRIES MAY REDUCE OIL SUPPLY TO WESTERN COUNTRIES
Powerful oil states in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries
may cut supplies to the industrialised world in another attempt to lift
prices from their lowest level in nine years. OPEC President and UAE
Petroleum and Minerals Resources Minister Obeid bin Saif al-Nasseri said
that the 11-member cartel would be willing to curb exports when ministers
meet in June if other global producers were cooperative.
WRITERS PROTEST JAILED NIGERIAN JOURNALISTS
The English centre of PEN, the International association of writers,
yesterday held a demonstration at the Nigerian High Commission, London, to
protest the ''arbitrary detention and harassment of Nigerian writers and
journalists''. The protesters delivered a letter to Nigeria's acting High
Commissioner Uche Okeke at about 1pm yesterday. ''Nigeria continues to be
one of the worst countries for human rights abuses''. The group said four
Nigerian journalists jailed for alleged complicity in the 1995 coup plot,
Kunle Ajibade, Chis Anyanwu, George Mba and Ben Charles Obi have been
adopted as honorary members of English Pen. The journalists were
originally sentenced to life imprisonment ''on trumped up charges of coup
plotting''. Following international outcry their sentence was reduced to
fifteen years'. ''They are imprisoned in appalling conditions and are
suffering from ill health''. One of the imprisoned journalists George Mbah
celebrated his birthday in prison yesterday. His wife Bose, is currently
seeking refugee status in the UK. She too was at the demonstration.
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IN BRIEF
Government disburses 33.3 billion naira monthly allocation to states and
government agencies.
Current dip in world prices of crude oil caused foreign reserves to drop to
$5.1 billion by end-February from $7.7 billion in December 1997, paper's
own investigation shows.
Fuel queues return to pump stations in the commercial capital Lagos after
some easing at the weekend.
61 workers at Osogbo Steel Rolling Mill are suspended for their role in a
recent strike over unpaid salaries.
Chief executive of state insurer Nigerian Insurance Corporation (NICON)
Mohammed Kari sees many Nigerian private operators not surviving in a
deregulated environment due to competition.
The Nigerian Stock Exchange lifts the technical suspension on Savannah Bank
following resolution of their boardroom crisis.
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Harry Ogunleye
Fellows,
I am just curious as to how a tribunal set up to try coup plotters
winded giving judgements on charges of 'theft and handling of stolen
goods'. 3 of those guys were convicted of the charges as stated above.what
is the connection to coup? By the way watch out for honourable minister
VICTOR MALU very soon.Dr. Abacha remembers favour.
thanks,
SULTAN.
Fawumi Kayode Olalekan
Hi Steve,
Pls. don't bring Biafra into this issue and to Sultan, I personally think
Malu should be made the Army chief or Chief of General Staff.
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Kueberuwa, Steven S. wrote:
> Or maybe Victor Malu remembers what the Diyas, Adisas, and Olarenwajus, of
> the world should have done for Biafra but didn't when the North came against
> his people many, many moons ago! Payback time?
>
> Peace.
>
> Stevek.
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Fawumi Kayode Olalekan
Hi Steve,
Your questions are not really clear but on the two positions that seem
vacant: CGS and CAS.
Malu is well qualify for either especially with the acheivement of Ecomog
in Liberia under his leadership and succesful completion of the trial.
Those that are familiar with Military will surely agree that the
two assignment assigned to Malu are really sensitive and he has proved
beyond doubt that he worth his salt so why not appoint him Chief of Army
staff or CGS.
General Aziza is currently a Minister and i dont think he has to be taken
to a new position now since he has just started work in that ministry.
I hope i have been able to answer some of your question but the Biafra
case , let's not join it with Diya's ordeal.
Have a nice day.
On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Kueberuwa, Steven S. wrote:
> Fawumi,
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> Why not? Any particular reasons? Especially on why Victor Malu (and not
> Maj Gen Patrick Azziza, for example) should be made the CGS.
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> Peace.
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> Stevek.
> P..S. I am not from any of the Eastern states.
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> Malu should be made the Army chief or Chief of General Staff.
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& Minerals, Dhahran 31261
Saudi Arabia. E-mail: g96...@dpc.kfupm.edu.sa
Kehinde Oyeleke
Just what is the purpose of this discussion?
FYI, there is no vacancy for these posts, as Dr. Abacha will double (or
quadrupule) as the Military Head of State, Civilian President, Minister of
Defense, CGS and CAS. These are sensitive positions, and we better leave
it to the only man who has been tried and tested so far, and has acquittted
himself credibly.
It would be unfair, unwise, unsafe, and absolutely unpatriotic to give
these posts to someone else.
> Hi Steve,
>
> Your questions are not really clear but on the two positions that seem
> vacant: CGS and CAS.
>
> Malu is well qualify for either especially with the acheivement of
> Ecomog
> in Liberia under his leadership and succesful completion of the trial.
>
> Those that are familiar with Military will surely agree that the
> two assignment assigned to Malu are really sensitive and he has proved
> beyond doubt that he worth his salt so why not appoint him Chief of Army
>
> staff or CGS.
>
> General Aziza is currently a Minister and i dont think he has to be
> taken
> to a new position now since he has just started work in that ministry.
> I hope i have been able to answer some of your question but the Biafra
> case , let's not join it with Diya's ordeal.
>
> Have a nice day.
>
>
> On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Kueberuwa, Steven S. wrote:
>
> > Fawumi,
> >
> > Why not? Any particular reasons? Especially on why Victor Malu (and
> not
> > Maj Gen Patrick Azziza, for example) should be made the CGS.
> >
> > Peace.
> >
> > Stevek.
> > P.S. I am not from any of the Eastern states.
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Kueberuwa, Steven S.
Fawumi,
Fair enough on the Biafran issue. But I am afraid my assessment of Maj Gen
Malu, and perhaps, how history will treat this man is completely different
from how you view him. I don't see him as nothing more than a man that is
adept at marching to the drumbeat of the status quo of the military. A
consummate 'hatchet man', like those he has just now condemned to death,
whose day will also come sooner or later.
Better soldiers than him have resigned their commission or have been forced
to retire because of their unwillingness to compromise their oath of
commission or personal views.
Peace.
Stevek.
Kueberuwa, Steven S.
Kueberuwa, Steven S.
Adey,
If you go to the archives, you will find that I called Sani Abacha the best
military tactician the Nigerian Army has ever produced except for Major
Kaduna Nzeogwu. I called him that over 2 years ago! Go to the archives and
see for yourself.
Now, as to what I'll do if I were Maj Gen Malu, homie, you truly don't know
me. If I were a soldier, I'll either be dead, in detention, or Abacha and
his bunch of low class common hoodlums who don't know what 'a soldier and a
gentleman' (this is called gallantry in Nigeria, by the way) would be
history. You see, the real soldiers in the Nigerian Army were retired by
Babangida when they got together (35 gallant officers in all) and sent him a
petition of objection when he annulled June 12. These officers were mostly
northern officers (by the way) and included the commander of the elite army
academy at Lokoja (who also happened to be a graduate of Harvard
University).
Officers of the Nigerian Army, or any army for that matter, on their
commissioning (graduation from officer school) take an oath to defend the
federal republic and its government at the cost of their lives. Therefore,
for every officer that has worked with Abacha (whether serving in ECOMOG or
condemning entrapped fellow officers to death) in the service of Abacha has
no claim to gallantry but is a bona fide coward who have done what they have
done because they are scared stiff to do the right thing, i.e., honor their
oaths as commissioned officers of the Nigerian Army (these include the very
condemned officers, by the way).
What would I do if I were Maj Gen Malu or Maj Gen Aziza? I would tell Mr.
Sani Abacha TO GO TO HELL because, like Fajuyi, I would prefer to die as a
gallant soldier than live as a murdering mealy-mouthed selfish coward in
uniform. That's what I would do. What would you do, homie?
Keep in mind that Abacha is in power not because Bamayi and co. cannot do
him in. He is there because he serves their own selfish interest; even
Abacha is not that good.
Peace.
Stevek.
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Top of the day, Homie.
Step up blood: If you were in Victor Malu's boots and Sani Abacha ordered
you to conduct the tribunal a certain way; will you do it Abacha's way or
will you do it YOUR way?
I am guessing YOUR way to include indictment of Bamaiyi and Patrick Aziza.
Assuming my guess is correct, let's take this a step further: Bamaiyi and
Aziza implicate Sani Abacha as the (allege) BRAIN behind the alleged coup.
Then what? Will YOU indict Sani Abacha?
SteveK, I didn't call Sani Abacha the "best tactician Naija Military ever
produced for no reason. He may be "semi-illiterate", as you like to refer
to him - HOWEVER - when it comes to going after whatever he wants, Abacha
is in a class by himself. He does know no limit, and he will take as many
PRISONERS as the PEOPLE will allow.
He called THE shot. And he knows that THE BUCK must start and end on Diya.
You and I may not like it, Diya may resent it, the PEOPLE may call Abacha
all different kinds of names, the bottom line is very simple: Sani Abacha
called THE shots as he sees them fit. Period.
Prince Adey.
At 11:31 AM 4/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Uzo,
>
>Thanks. The whole thing makes more sense to me. Diya and co. are nailed
in
>a sting operation orchestrated Abacha and operated by Bamaiyi (a northern
>minority) with the help of Aziza (a southern minority) and condemned to
>death by a middle belter who swore he would be fair but never even called
>the instigators of the coup (Bamaiyi and Aziza) to testify! No wonder
>Abacha is touted as the most able tactician that the Nigerian military has
>ever produced. As proof, some are even calling for Malu to be made the
CGS.
>By tomorrow (when Abacha is gone from his liver ailment), he may even be
>called to be the next 'HOS for life'. Only in Nigeria!
>
>Peace.
>
>Stevek.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>
>Charles,
>
>Do you mean an IGBO? ( note not Ibo) He is not. He is from the middle
>belt.
>
>Cheers
>
>Uzo
CHARLES OKEKE
Hello Steve!
I am not sure that Victor Malu is an ibo. Are you certain he is? You may
want to check on your claim.
Peace!
Charles
Adey Oyenuga
Hello Homie,
Please, grant me the permission to slice out the fat in your beef below:
At 01:48 PM 4/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Adey,
>
>If you go to the archives, you will find that I called Sani Abacha the best
>military tactician the Nigerian Army has ever produced except for Major
>Kaduna Nzeogwu.
Come again sir. Is Sani Abacha "the best" or ain't he? The above is like
telling me that he is ALMOST the best. Anyway sha, you consider yourself
as one of the "touters"... So, I don't see much beef here.
>What would I do if I were Maj Gen Malu or Maj Gen Aziza?
Yes sir, that was one of my questions.
>I would tell Mr. Sani Abacha TO GO TO HELL because, like Fajuyi, I would
prefer to die as a gallant soldier than live as a murdering mealy-mouthed >selfish coward in uniform. That's what I would do.
He he he he he... BRAVO!!! Is that what you want to hear from me? You got
the wrong man. This is a typical CYBER response. If you are not a selfish
coward, you will be in Nigeria (today) telling Sani Abacha "to go to hell"
and fighting with the FREEDOM FIGHTERS. You see, you will rather stay far
away from the battle-front and launch all your attacks at Sani Abacha but
you have no gut to go back to Nigeria and do the same. (Oh yeah, you will
prefer to die as a gallant soldier...but not as a gallant PATRIOT). Homie,
you have never once seized to amaze me with your come backs... :-)
>What would you do, homie?
As a Military Zombie, I will follow Sani Abacha's orders to the Tee. But
if I thought I could RUN for the boarder and escape into Cameroon, Benin
or Niger...and I don't want any part of Sani Abacha's game, then, I will
take my chances. Note, I won't even bother to escape to Ghana or Chad, I
know that my butt would be shipped back to Nigeria as a TRAITOR.
Anyway sha, man pikin thank God that he ain't in Victor Malu's boots.
>
>Keep in mind that Abacha is in power not because Bamayi and co. cannot do
>him in.
Hmmmmm, I thought Sani Abacha is in power because the so-called "CIVILIAN
LEADERS" begged him to take it?
>He is there because he serves their own selfish interest; even Abacha is
>not that good.
Hmmmmm, now I don't get you. I thought you said that Sani Abacha is close
to being the best... Now, he ain't that good?
Oh well...
>Peace.
Back at you!
Prince Adey.
Kueberuwa, Steven S.
Adey,
You apply no practicality at all (or is it reasonable expectation) when you
interact or respond to netters. Let me intersperse my response, in
CAPITALS, and you will see what I mean:
-----Original Message-----
Hello Homie,
Please, grant me the permission to slice out the fat in your beef below:
At 01:48 PM 4/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Adey,
>
>If you go to the archives, you will find that I called Sani Abacha the best
>military tactician the Nigerian Army has ever produced except for Major
>Kaduna Nzeogwu.
Come again sir. Is Sani Abacha "the best" or ain't he? The above is like
telling me that he is ALMOST the best. Anyway sha, you consider yourself
as one of the "touters"... So, I don't see much beef here.
TAKE WHAT I SAID AS I SAID IS. HE IS THE BEST, NEXT TO NZEOGWU IN MY
JUDGMENT.
>What would I do if I were Maj Gen Malu or Maj Gen Aziza?
Yes sir, that was one of my questions.
>I would tell Mr. Sani Abacha TO GO TO HELL because, like Fajuyi, I would
prefer to die as a gallant soldier than live as a murdering mealy-mouthed
>selfish coward in uniform. That's what I would do.
He he he he he... BRAVO!!! Is that what you want to hear from me? You got
the wrong man. This is a typical CYBER response. If you are not a selfish
coward, you will be in Nigeria (today) telling Sani Abacha "to go to hell"
and fighting with the FREEDOM FIGHTERS. You see, you will rather stay far
away from the battle-front and launch all your attacks at Sani Abacha but
you have no gut to go back to Nigeria and do the same. (Oh yeah, you will
prefer to die as a gallant soldier...but not as a gallant PATRIOT). Homie,
you have never once seized to amaze me with your come backs... :-)
I AM IN A POSITION TO TACKLE SANI ABACHA PHYSICALLY. I AM NOT A COMBAT
OFFICER IN THE NIGERIAN ARMY NOR AM TRAINED FOR ANY KIND OF BUSH WARFARE. I
AM A TOXICOLOGIST LIVING IN AMERICA. I ONLY TOLD YOU WHAT I WOULD DO IF I
WERE IN THE POSITION TO DO SOMETHING BASED ON MY NATURAL DISPOSITION. THE
DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE BETWEEN A GALLANT SOLDIER AND A GALLANT PATRIOT ESCAPES
ME AND SAY I HAVE NO GUTS TO BACK NIGERIA HAS NO REFERENCE IN LOGIC, COMMON
SENSE, OR 'REASONABLE EXPECTATION'. IT ONLY SERVES TO SATIATE YOUR
INEXPLICABLE URGE TO MINDLESSLY INSULT PEOPLE.
>What would you do, homie?
As a Military Zombie, I will follow Sani Abacha's orders to the Tee. But
if I thought I could RUN for the boarder and escape into Cameroon, Benin
or Niger...and I don't want any part of Sani Abacha's game, then, I will
take my chances. Note, I won't even bother to escape to Ghana or Chad, I
know that my butt would be shipped back to Nigeria as a TRAITOR.
Anyway sha, man pikin thank God that he ain't in Victor Malu's boots.
JUST BECAUSE YOU HAVE HONESTLY ASSESSED YOURSELF TO BE CUT FROM THE SAME
STRIPES THAT MALU AND THE REST ARE CUT FROM DOESN'T MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE AS
LOW A LIFE AS THAT. I TOLD YOU THAT 35 HIGH RANKING MILITARY OFFICERS
RESIGNED OR LOST THEIR COMMISSION FOR OPPOSING 'CONDUCT UNBECOMING OF A
NIGERIAN MILITARY OFFICER' AS DEMONSTRATED BY BABANGIDA WHEN HE ANNULLED
JUNE 12. YES, I HAVE ALREADY SUSPECTED BEFORE NOW THAT YOU WOULD HELP
ABACHA KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE AND OPPRESS A WHOLE NATION IF YOU WERE THERE.
BUT, PLEASE, RESPECT THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME WHO WILL DO EXACTLY THE
OPPOSITE AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE 35 MILITARY OFFICERS (AND SEVERAL UNNAMED
OTHERS). YOU NEED TO RESPECT THAT.
>
>Keep in mind that Abacha is in power not because Bamayi and co. cannot do
>him in.
Hmmmmm, I thought Sani Abacha is in power because the so-called "CIVILIAN
LEADERS" begged him to take it?
NO COMMENT. YOU KNOW BETTER THAN THAT.
>He is there because he serves their own selfish interest; even Abacha is
>not that good.
Hmmmmm, now I don't get you. I thought you said that Sani Abacha is close
to being the best... Now, he ain't that good?
BY GOOD, MY DEAR ADEY, I DON'T SIMPLY MEAN ONLY TECHNICALLY GOOD BUT IN THE
SENSE THAT ABACHA CANNOT BE PREDICTED BY HIS FRIENDS AND FOE ALIKE. THIS IS
BECAUSE HE CANNOT BE TRUSTED OR RELIED UPON IN A MICHIAVELIAN SENSE.
BECAUSE ABACHA IS NOT A MAN OF GOOD PRINCIPLES, HE HONORS NO PERSONAL OR
PUBLIC AGREEMENTS OR UNDERSTANDING. THUS, HE WOULD SELL ANYBODY OUT (OR
EVEN KILL THEM AT THE DROP OF A HAT) OR REWARD THEM IMMENSELY IF IT SUITS
HIS PURPOSE. AN HONORABLE MAN WOULD BE CONSTRAINED BY AGREEMENTS AND
UNDERSTANDINGS THAT HE MAKES AND, THEREFORE, WOULD BE PREDICTABLE BY HIS
ENEMIES. THEREFORE, NOT AS GOOD.
LISTEN, ADEY, STOP BEING PUGNACIOUS. IT REALLY IS COUNTERPRODUCTIVE.
ANYBODY WITH ANY AMOUNT OF REALISM WOULD KNOW THAT A ONE-EYED MAN MAY BE
KING IN THE LAND OF THE BLIND, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE HAS THE BEST VISION
IN THE WORLD. A PERSON CAN BE GOOD BUT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THAT
PERSON COULD BE CONSIDERED NOT THAT GOOD.
Tunde Okuboyejo
SteveK,
Pardon my intrusion, but I couldn't help interjecting here. Why does Adey
INSULT you at every turn and yet you keep coming back to him? When I read
some of your exchanges sometimes I get the feeling that he has a hold of
some sort on you. Is that what being his "homie" means? Please note that I
am not here suggesting that you should not engage Adey (or any Netter for
that matter in intelligent and civil discourse), but the rampant nature of
Adey's INSULTS and ASPERSIONS on you just makes me wonder, moreso when your
responses to him are usually so, so, civil !!.
Tunde
----------
From: Adey Oyenuga <oye...@chapman.edu>
To: naij...@esosoft.com; Kueberuwa, Steven S. <ste...@rti.org>
Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 4:28 PM
Hello Homie,
Please, grant me the permission to slice out the fat in your beef below:
At 01:48 PM 4/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Adey,
>
>If you go to the archives, you will find that I called Sani Abacha the
best
>military tactician the Nigerian Army has ever produced except for Major
>Kaduna Nzeogwu.
Come again sir. Is Sani Abacha "the best" or ain't he? The above is like
telling me that he is ALMOST the best. Anyway sha, you consider yourself
as one of the "touters"... So, I don't see much beef here.
>What would I do if I were Maj Gen Malu or Maj Gen Aziza?
Yes sir, that was one of my questions.
>I would tell Mr. Sani Abacha TO GO TO HELL because, like Fajuyi, I would
prefer to die as a gallant soldier than live as a murdering mealy-mouthed
>selfish coward in uniform. That's what I would do.
He he he he he... BRAVO!!! Is that what you want to hear from me? You got
the wrong man. This is a typical CYBER response. If you are not a selfish
coward, you will be in Nigeria (today) telling Sani Abacha "to go to hell"
and fighting with the FREEDOM FIGHTERS. You see, you will rather stay far
away from the battle-front and launch all your attacks at Sani Abacha but
you have no gut to go back to Nigeria and do the same. (Oh yeah, you will
prefer to die as a gallant soldier...but not as a gallant PATRIOT). Homie,
you have never once seized to amaze me with your come backs... :-)
>What would you do, homie?
As a Military Zombie, I will follow Sani Abacha's orders to the Tee. But
if I thought I could RUN for the boarder and escape into Cameroon, Benin
or Niger...and I don't want any part of Sani Abacha's game, then, I will
take my chances. Note, I won't even bother to escape to Ghana or Chad, I
know that my butt would be shipped back to Nigeria as a TRAITOR.
Anyway sha, man pikin thank God that he ain't in Victor Malu's boots.
>
>Keep in mind that Abacha is in power not because Bamayi and co. cannot do
>him in.
Hmmmmm, I thought Sani Abacha is in power because the so-called "CIVILIAN
LEADERS" begged him to take it?
>He is there because he serves their own selfish interest; even Abacha is
>not that good.
Hmmmmm, now I don't get you. I thought you said that Sani Abacha is close
to being the best... Now, he ain't that good?
Oh well...
ARAHURU
In a message dated 5/1/98 5:09:24 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ste...@rti.org
writes:
Kunle,
So if Malu decides to sentence innocent people (guilty through a sting
operation) to death because he is afraid of being murdered by Abacha, what
does that make Major General Victor Malu, erstwhile GOC of the victorious
ECOMOG forces in Liberia and Sierra Leone? A stinking coward! Have you
ever heard of a soldier by the name of Francis Adekunle Fajuyi? That is
what I am talking about. >>
Steve,
Are you saying a man of Diya's caliber, who has been in the army all these
years, rising to the his current rank, will be stupid enough to allowed
himself to be set up?. Do you sincerely(putting ethnicity aside for a moment)
believe, that if the coup has been successful, will any one ever heard of the
set up explanation?. How many of those murdered so far by the various
military regimes(obasanjo regime included), have ever claim to be responsible
participant? When Bisalla, who was then defence chief(& from my own state of
plateau) claim he was set up, how many people believe him then?. As far as
Iam concerned, this is an all army affair and we should leave it at that.
Injecting ethnicity in to military coup for the first time, reminds me & the
rest of Nigerians, how also ethnicity was injected into democracy by the same
people who never saw anything wrong in removal of democratically elected
goverment in nigeria(we were told by the same current so called advocates of
democracy that the army did that to prevent nigeria from collapsing).
Kueberuwa, Steven S.
Arahuru,
I like you name, by the way. What does it mean? I know uhuru means freedom
or liberty in Swahili.
Now, I believe you miss the point of my write-up. First of all, it is not
about ethnicity. Secondly, it is not about Diya. Let me explain. Above
all, this is not just an army matter; it is a Nigerian matter.
On the first issue (ethnicity), my focus is on the cleverness (diabolical
cleverness that others may call tactical competence) of Sani Abacha. It is
in the records that a bombing attempt was made on Gen Diya's life shortly
after he disagreed with Abacha. Soon thereafter, the man was accused of
plotting a coup, complete with video evidence. And if you take a look at
the personnel that he supposedly recruited to carry out this coup (a couple
of artillery officers and a whole bunch of desk officers and even one
civilian), it is quite clear that these people were selected as a group to
be targeted not because they are a coup group but a group that are
considered a threat by Abacha. Not that no ordinance. infantry, transport,
or signal officers (the usual mix for a real coup) were counted among the
accused. My point is that Abacha selected people (based on their ethnic
background) to give the appearance that the Hausa/Fulani are not behind this
witch hunt (and the Hausa/Fulani, indeed have nothing to do with this! In
fact, the Hausa/Fulani are also victims of this man, Abacha, since he is an
equal opportunity oppressor) hence he chose Bamaiyi (northern minority) and
Aziza (Urhobo) to entrap Diya and then chose Malu (middle Belter) to condemn
him to death.
On the second issue, the focus is not on Diya and what he should have been
clever enough not to fall for. It is on Bamaiyi and Aziza who are cowardly
and honorless (totally lack gallantry as soldiers) enough to entrap fellow
senior officers to advance Abacha's diabolical plan because they had no guts
to say no and, indeed, turn this into a real coup to get rid of this evil
man who is disgracing the uniform of the Nigerian Army by his murderous
ways. The emphasis is also on Gen Malu who, as a soldier, should have
followed the example of gallantry shown by Francis Adekunle Fajuyi and lost
his life, if need be, rather than go along with such a sham to condemn his
fellow members of the officer corps to please the diabolical Abacha and to
save his own stinking neck.
Unlike some that are incapable of understanding any demonstration more
complex than basketball scores (or pretend not to because of their
subscribed agendas), I hope you see the points I am demonstrating here.
Peace.
Stevek.
P.S. For those who have done away with reason, common sense, and honor
because they seek to sit well with wrongdoers, they should remember that
Abacha and his hatchet men (like all evil men, even Adolf Hitler) do not
last long. When Abacha is gone (and he will be gone sooner or later), what
would you do or say then?
Peace.
Stevek.
"Kúnlé Adégboyè."
I do agree that Victor Malu is a coward. He obviously did not want to be
a dead hero.
If I were in his shoes, I would have found a way to at least escape from
Nigeria if retiring/resigning from the army would not stop Mr. Abacha from
silencing me. Many soldiers left the army because they did not agree with
how things were being done.
Kúnlé Adégboyè.
At 08:01 AM 5/1/1998 -0400, SteveK wrote:
>Kunle,
>
>So if Malu decides to sentence innocent people (guilty through a sting
>operation) to death because he is afraid of being murdered by Abacha, what
>does that make Major General Victor Malu, erstwhile GOC of the victorious
>ECOMOG forces in Liberia and Sierra Leone? A stinking coward! Have you
>ever heard of a soldier by the name of Francis Adekunle Fajuyi? That is
>what I am talking about.
>
>Peace.
>
>Stevek.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>SteveK:
>
>Malu had the choice of either sentencing Diya and co. to face the firing
>squad or risk being killed himself. Remember he was already security risk
>as commander of Nigerian forces at ECOMOG when many of his men refused to
>come back to Nigeria.
>
>Kúnlé Adégboyè.
Harry Ogunleye
Abacha in fact trust Malu otherwise he would never have made him the GOC
of Ibadan Garrison (so close to Lagos.)very important strategically from a
military's point of view.Don't forget that Abacha himself came from this
garrison to our National life in 1983.Ibadan-Garrison is one the few ones
that you have to be 'one of the boys' before you can command.
thanks,
SULTAN.
-----Original Message-----
From: Kueberuwa, Steven S. <ste...@rti.org>
To: ' Kúnlé Adégboyč. ' <ku...@digizen.net>
Cc: naij...@esosoft.com <naij...@esosoft.com>
Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 12:08 PM
Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
Kunle,
So if Malu decides to sentence innocent people (guilty through a sting
operation) to death because he is afraid of being murdered by Abacha, what
does that make Major General Victor Malu, erstwhile GOC of the victorious
ECOMOG forces in Liberia and Sierra Leone? A stinking coward! Have you
ever heard of a soldier by the name of Francis Adekunle Fajuyi? That is
what I am talking about.
Peace.
Stevek.
-----Original Message-----
SteveK:
Malu had the choice of either sentencing Diya and co. to face the firing
squad or risk being killed himself. Remember he was already security risk
as commander of Nigerian forces at ECOMOG when many of his men refused to
come back to Nigeria.
Kúnlé Adégboyč.
>On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Kueberuwa, Steven S. wrote:
>
>> Or maybe Victor Malu remembers what the Diyas, Adisas, and Olarenwajus,
of
>> the world should have done for Biafra but didn't when the North came
>against
>> his people many, many moons ago! Payback time?
>>
>> Peace.
>>
>> Stevek.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> Fellows,
>> I am just curious as to how a tribunal set up to try coup plotters
>> winded giving judgements on charges of 'theft and handling of stolen
>> goods'. 3 of those guys were convicted of the charges as stated
above.what
>> is the connection to coup? By the way watch out for honourable minister
>> VICTOR MALU very soon.Dr. Abacha remembers favour.
>> thanks,
>>
>> SULTAN.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mobolaji E. Aluko <mal...@cldc.howard.edu>
>> To: News Only Group <N-n...@sfu.ca>; naij...@esosoft.com
>> <naij...@esosoft.com>
>> Date: Wednesday, April 29, 1998 4:51 PM
>> Subject: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
>>
>>
>> >
>> >========================================================================
>> >
>> >Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
Fawumi Kayode Olalekan
Hi Steve,
This Arahuru name na everybody like am but is this a Naija name sef?
Now to the point, I really commend you for not falling to Arahuru ethnic
crusade trick and your analysis of the situation that led to Diya's palava.
But, I feel you are unfair to General Malu and he was smart enough
to state emphatically that he wasn't allowed to consider the part of
Bamaiyi and Aziza in the plot so judge the outcome yourself. If he had
been allowed to do that then the justice would have been fair but Malu is
handicapped. For him to resign his commission, I think it's a matter of
choice and it happen that his choice was to be loyal to his C in C and
wonder why you are advocating that our soldiers shouldn't be loyal to the
Head of state.
Question: In your place of work, if your co-worker was found wanting by
your boss and that led to him/her being sacked, will you resign because
of that even if you suspect that he may have been set up?
Have a nice day.
\\\o///
Harry Ogunleye
Arahuru,
Anybody can be set up anyday,for example the smartest Accountant can be set
up by an account-clerk easily.Officers don't dream up coups in group it
will usually take one of them to initiate the ideas. In Feb. this year tell
magazine('can't remember the exact edition) reported that there was actually
a committee set up (made of the best in Nigeria's military intelligence and
some civilians officers.)With the sole mandate of dealing with what was
regarded as the 'DIYA'S FACTOR'. After it became obvious that Diya was not
in support of the plan to impose Abacha as a civilian President.The result
was an assassination attempt via bomb explosion which failure to 'score the
goal', eventually led to plan 'b' I.e pre-planned coup plot.this was not
made plan 'a' because they knew that the story of the coup ( as put
together )will be a hard sell to Nigerians.You have to see this coup
differently from others because it is not like anyother one in the history
of Nigeria.This Government went through the extra mile to sell the coup to
our people,inviting all sorts of people to watch coup plot on tape,
including state governors who were then given the mandate of selling the
coup to their subjects.The govt.. even promised to show the movie of the
century' on nta-TV(announced by Gen.Useni).You see the military itself did
not see it as just another military affair.if you chose to,You can make the
argument as ordinary as possible,but I hope you will agree with me that the
Govt.. will not embark on 'SELL A COUP VENTURE' just for the heck of
it,especially given the the fact that coups and counter coups are as
Nigerian as 'egunsi soup'.Finally let me point out the fact that Diya did
not say that he was set up because of his tribal affiliation.Diya wrongly
believed that Bamaiyi was genuine and sincere in his crusade for a change in
leadership.Even victor Malu described it as a terrible error of judgement,
on his (Diya) part.Go and read between the lines of Abacha's supposed
questioning/interrogation of Diya. The questions were well scripted to
follow a well designed sequence.e,g (in no particular order) Abacha asking:
Dipo, why did you want to kill me ?,Why did you join these people to kill
me? After all that I did to save your career from babangida you still join
them ,remember when you wanted to go and read law, I helped you etc you
still join them to kill me? Why didn't you come to me ?etc, etc
QUESTION,have you ever heard of this kind of exchange in any coup affair in
Nigeria? is Abacha emphasising Diya's supposed attempt to kill him for a
purpose?Has he laid enough on the ground
to justify killing Diya? what was the need for the Govt.. to go the
extra,extra mile to convince Nigerians of the coup ? I was home in Feb.this
year when JR.Abacha col.Usman of Oyo state told the elected council
chairmen/women to thank God for their jobs saved by the fact that the coup
was not successful.I am not a fan of Diya but whatever happens to him, the
real looser is the Nation of Nigeria. especially the officer's Corp of the
Army who no longer know a colleague from Abacha's agent. The Corp that has
to deal with what rtd.Gen Saliu Ibrahim described as a private army within
the Nigerian army.Morale is said to be at the lowest ever.(Just because
someone wants to rule at all cost.)This is bad business for any military
organisation.Certainly bad business for any country.
take care and be good .
SULTAN TIMOTHY.
--Original Message-----
From: ARAHURU <ARA...@aol.com>
To: ste...@rti.org <ste...@rti.org>; naij...@esosoft.com
<naij...@esosoft.com>
Fawumi Kayode Olalekan
Kunle,
You said Abacha doesn't trust Malu? Do you know he is currently a GOC
and may even get higher responsibilities if we equate succesfully
completing a coup trial with political appointment like in Aziza's
case.
K.O.Fawumi.
On Fri, 1 May 1998, =?iso-8859-1?Q?=22K=FAnl=E9_Ad=E9gboy=E8.=22?= wrote:
> Abacha ain't that dumb. He doesn't trust Malu an inch. Putting Malu in
> charge of the tribunal was a clever way to rope him in. Fortunately for
> Malu, he played the game to his advantage, for now. You can bet he is
> still being watched.
>
> Kúnlé Adégboyè.
>
> At 04:51 PM 4/30/1998 +0300, Fawumi Kayode Olalekan wrote:
> >Hi Steve,
> >
> >Your questions are not really clear but on the two positions that seem
> >vacant: CGS and CAS.
> >
> >Malu is well qualify for either especially with the acheivement of Ecomog
> >in Liberia under his leadership and succesful completion of the trial.
> >
> >Those that are familiar with Military will surely agree that the
> >two assignment assigned to Malu are really sensitive and he has proved
> >beyond doubt that he worth his salt so why not appoint him Chief of Army
> >staff or CGS.
> >
> >General Aziza is currently a Minister and i dont think he has to be taken
> >to a new position now since he has just started work in that ministry.
> >I hope i have been able to answer some of your question but the Biafra
> >case , let's not join it with Diya's ordeal.
> >
> >Have a nice day.
> >
> >
> >On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Kueberuwa, Steven S. wrote:
> >
> >> Fawumi,
> >>
> >> Why not? Any particular reasons? Especially on why Victor Malu (and not
> >> Maj Gen Patrick Azziza, for example) should be made the CGS.
> >>
> >> Peace.
> >>
> >> Stevek.
> >> P.S. I am not from any of the Eastern states.
> >>
>
>
\\\o///
Okere
Aren't we all cowards? Victor Malu has merely decided that he will profit
from his cowardice, just as others like Diya, Abiola, Shagari, Gowon, Buhari
and a host of other Nigerians leaders (not only political) past and present.
Unfortunately for a number
of them it has not really turned out right. Those who are not cowards are
back there in Nigeria sacrificing their lives, welfare, sanity and all for
the country. The only reason why Abacha will continue to suceed and after
him other tyrants will flourish is the fact that they know that at the end
of the day all we can do is speak big English, rave and rant, then scurry
off tails between the legs when push gets to shove.
If we look at all countries where tyrants have really been booted out (not
those where they have been replaced by others) people have had to sacrifice.
Abacha and people like him will continue to rule the country till we all say
enough is enough. Till we all decide that whatever it takes from us he has
to go.
Some of us will probably remember the parable of the broom. Individually
broom sticks can easily be broken, as a bunch, it is almost impossible. So
far we have not applied that to the struggle for Nigeria.
I remember as a student in U.I we used to shout the slogan "Aluta Continua"
, when agin will we be able to say and mean that the struggle really
continues, the struggle for the country?
"Okere"
Kúnlé Adégboyč. wrote in message <1998050114...@esosoft.com>...
OBI IHEDURU
Jika/Netters,
I did not receive/read "Wemimo's golden essay." If anyone still has it,
please send it to me at your earliest. Thanks.
Obi Iheduru
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Wemimo's current golden essay on military vs civilian rule tells volumes
>and suggests that it is somewhere in the 2015 (or thereabout) that you
>may start to expect any such development. Steve you seem to be living
>ahead of your time. My dear please come back and start to understand
>where we the Igbos belong in the Nigeiran political calculus.
>Apparently it is because of your lack of appreciation of the depth to
>which we the Igbos have fallen that you hardly join me in admonishing
>even some of our own (like Oguocha and the ugly fellow Kanu of YEEA) who
>ask for our continued subjugation in the Nigerian polity. Please read
>Wemimo again O and come back to my side.
>
>Very friendly,
>
>Francis.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>>----------
>>From: Kueberuwa, Steven S.[SMTP:ste...@rti.org]
>>Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 10:35 PM
>>To: 'CHARLES OKEKE'
>>Cc: 'Fawumi Kayode Olalekan'; naij...@esosoft.com; 'Harry Ogunleye'; News
>>Only Group; Mobolaji E. Aluko
>>Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
>>
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Prince Adey
Hello Brother Emeka,
A beg oo, make you take am easy on my blood brother oo. Honestly, I
think SteveK could learn how to accept that he has erred instead of
his usual way of trying to right his wrongs. He remains my favorite
netter even though we disagree on just about anything or everything.
His biggest flaw, in my humble opinion is to read him trying to act
in a way designed to undermine netters collective integrity. I hope,
and I have told him this in so many words, that he would simply say
(or admit that) he was wrong to assume or take the initial position
(or stance), then, move on... But he is fond of trying every tactic,
moving from A to Z and Z to A, just to prove a simple point. I have
warned him that I won't allow him to get away with this tactic, and
this is the main reason I go HARD on him.
Of course, his last resort is usually to remain silent or go on the
attack and label you "Abacha's man". The latter is bound to buy him
some sympathetic netters who really have not followed these threads
from the beginning...
Oh well... I still like the man.
Enjoy your weekend.
Prince Adey.
You wrote:
>Francis,
>Was that all you could tell Stevek? The guy made an analysis based on the
>assumption that Malu was Igbo. It turned out not to be true. Somebody
>pointed that out to him and asked him if he still stuck to his conclusion,
>in view of the facts that had emerged. And all that he could do was call
>the guy demented and provide a newspaper excerpt that was not directly
>relevant to theyoung man's enquiry. To me that was a subterfuge to avoid
>answering the question or admit an error in his analysis. Wasn't that also
>disappointing?
>
>Best Wishes.
>
>Emeka.
>
> On Sat, 2
>May 1998, Francis Ifejika Achike wrote:
>
>> Steve,
>> I am disappointed. No be small O! You mean you have not understood
>> what I have written here again and again. Look Steve, you have admitted
>> you did not know which ethnic group Malu hails but I argue that you
>> ought to have known one place where he is not from. You speculate,
>> based on the assumption that he is Igbo, that he could have sentenced
>> Diya & others as a vendetta for pains originating from the Biafran days.
>> I concede that sentiment just because it contains logic. But what
>> about the basis of the sentiment which is that Malu is Igbo. There you
>> fail me!!
"Kúnlé Adégboyè."
Don't you know that all the major artilleries were moved up north soon
after the June 12 palava and are yet to be moved back? Ibadan, Lagos,
Enugu garrisons are practically impotent.
Kúnlé Adégboyè.
At 12:29 PM 5/1/1998 -0000, Harry Ogunleye wrote:
>Abacha in fact trust Malu otherwise he would never have made him the GOC
>of Ibadan Garrison (so close to Lagos.)very important strategically from a
>military's point of view.Don't forget that Abacha himself came from this
>garrison to our National life in 1983.Ibadan-Garrison is one the few ones
>that you have to be 'one of the boys' before you can command.
>
> thanks,
>
> SULTAN.
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kueberuwa, Steven S. <ste...@rti.org>
>To: ' Kúnlé Adégboyè. ' <ku...@digizen.net>
>Cc: naij...@esosoft.com <naij...@esosoft.com>
>Date: Friday, May 01, 1998 12:08 PM
>Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
>
>
>Kunle,
>
>So if Malu decides to sentence innocent people (guilty through a sting
>operation) to death because he is afraid of being murdered by Abacha, what
>does that make Major General Victor Malu, erstwhile GOC of the victorious
>ECOMOG forces in Liberia and Sierra Leone? A stinking coward! Have you
>ever heard of a soldier by the name of Francis Adekunle Fajuyi? That is
>what I am talking about.
>
>Peace.
>
>Stevek.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>
>SteveK:
>
>Malu had the choice of either sentencing Diya and co. to face the firing
>squad or risk being killed himself. Remember he was already security risk
>as commander of Nigerian forces at ECOMOG when many of his men refused to
>come back to Nigeria.
>
>Kúnlé Adégboyè.
>
>>On Thu, 30 Apr 1998, Kueberuwa, Steven S. wrote:
>>
E Duruigbo
Francis,
Was that all you could tell Stevek? The guy made an analysis based on the
assumption that Malu was Igbo. It turned out not to be true. Somebody
pointed that out to him and asked him if he still stuck to his conclusion,
in view of the facts that had emerged. And all that he could do was call
the guy demented and provide a newspaper excerpt that was not directly
relevant to theyoung man's enquiry. To me that was a subterfuge to avoid
answering the question or admit an error in his analysis. Wasn't that also
disappointing?
Best Wishes.
Emeka.
On Sat, 2
May 1998, Francis Ifejika Achike wrote:
> Steve,
> I am disappointed. No be small O! You mean you have not understood
> what I have written here again and again. Look Steve, you have admitted
> you did not know which ethnic group Malu hails but I argue that you
> ought to have known one place where he is not from. You speculate,
> based on the assumption that he is Igbo, that he could have sentenced
> Diya & others as a vendetta for pains originating from the Biafran days.
> I concede that sentiment just because it contains logic. But what
> about the basis of the sentiment which is that Malu is Igbo. There you
> fail me!!
>
> Now Steve, my anger with you. You are one of those who I believe
> operate in the same wavelength as I do. If that is right, you ought to
> have applied only one test from several of my relevant mails to conclude
> that Malu, in all likelihood, could NOT be an Igbo.
>
> A Major General in the Nigerian army of 1998 (starting from the demise
> of Biafra), a GOC for that matter, is most unlikely an Igbo. Have you
> heard any such thing in our recent history? I am not talking about such
> transient promotions as was given Allison Madueke for the purpose of
> achieving the divide and rule strategy of the oligarchy at the start of
> the June 12 saga.
>
> Wemimo's current golden essay on military vs civilian rule tells volumes
> and suggests that it is somewhere in the 2015 (or thereabout) that you
> may start to expect any such development. Steve you seem to be living
> ahead of your time. My dear please come back and start to understand
> where we the Igbos belong in the Nigeiran political calculus.
> Apparently it is because of your lack of appreciation of the depth to
> which we the Igbos have fallen that you hardly join me in admonishing
> even some of our own (like Oguocha and the ugly fellow Kanu of YEEA) who
> ask for our continued subjugation in the Nigerian polity. Please read
> Wemimo again O and come back to my side.
>
> Very friendly,
>
> Francis.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> >----------
> >From: Kueberuwa, Steven S.[SMTP:ste...@rti.org]
> >Sent: Thursday, April 30, 1998 10:35 PM
> >To: 'CHARLES OKEKE'
> >Cc: 'Fawumi Kayode Olalekan'; naij...@esosoft.com; 'Harry Ogunleye'; News
> >Only Group; Mobolaji E. Aluko
> >Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
> >
Harry Ogunleye
Thanks Kunle,
I am hearing that for the first time .But then I am not suprised at all
.this is being de facto modus oprandi for some years now.
Kúnlé Adégboyè.
>Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
>
>
Kueberuwa, Steven S.
Adey/Emeka,
You guys have to understand that I have a very busy life (I know, I know,
everybody else does) so I really cannot answer all aspersions and
ill-conceived innuendoes...or even read them.
Sure, if Malu was an Igbo, my 'just wondering' question would have been
legitimate. So it turned out he is not an Igbo. All that does is that the
just 'wondering' question is null and void. I didn't think that needs to be
discussed by me or require me to 'admit' anything since it was self-evident.
I also believe that 'that young man' (Oguocha) did not even get half the
vitriol he deserves because of my natural disposition to be pacific. Why
not? The man needlessly called me a 'tribal warlord' baselessly!
At any rate, if Malu was an Igbo, then the situation would, indeed, be rife
for the private vendetta possibility. Otherwise (and as it turned out to
be) if Malu was a non Hausa\Fulani then this information fits the general
pattern of Abacha using minorities to do his 'dirty' work.
This much I have said before so I don't understand what other explanations
or 'admissions' you want from me.
And Adey, while I would like to express my satisfaction of my blood brother
protecting my vulnerable back, try to be less spontaneously, irreverently
caustic, develop a little bit more humility as befits your station in life,
and give people their due respect. Just heckling netters for the heck of it
(under the vainglory and spurious claim of 'calling a spade a spade') is not
the best thing in the world.
Peace.
Stevek.
-----Original Message-----
Hello Brother Emeka,
A beg oo, make you take am easy on my blood brother oo. Honestly, I
think SteveK could learn how to accept that he has erred instead of
his usual way of trying to right his wrongs. He remains my favorite
netter even though we disagree on just about anything or everything.
His biggest flaw, in my humble opinion is to read him trying to act
in a way designed to undermine netters collective integrity. I hope,
and I have told him this in so many words, that he would simply say
(or admit that) he was wrong to assume or take the initial position
(or stance), then, move on... But he is fond of trying every tactic,
moving from A to Z and Z to A, just to prove a simple point. I have
warned him that I won't allow him to get away with this tactic, and
this is the main reason I go HARD on him.
Of course, his last resort is usually to remain silent or go on the
attack and label you "Abacha's man". The latter is bound to buy him
some sympathetic netters who really have not followed these threads
from the beginning...
Oh well... I still like the man.
Enjoy your weekend.
Prince Adey.
Prince Adey
Hello SteveK,
Okay, I will promise you this much, I shall TRY my best. Honest, I would
rather attack a friend than a cyber foe. Hmmm, maybe I should reverse my
tactic uh? :-) Hey, I know I was always too hard on you, but, I knew you
could take anything I have to dish. I used to launch my shakabula at Sam
Chuks until he promises to fight fire with gasoline... Chei, who wan die?
Have a nice weekend blood.
Prince Adey.
Prince Adey
Hello Imeh,
I rest my case! (This is exactly what I was telling SteveK. No man
can eat his cake and still have it too). A simple: "I was wrong to
assume the stance I took" would have done the trick... But, no, he
will try to twist all his words around 'til they fit the direction
the wind is blowing. I really don't think he gets it... However, I
will allow him to go on this one. I really do not enjoy watching a
man sweat...just to make a simple point.
Like I once said, he does remind me of Bill Clinton. A very decent
man, nonetheless, he will say anything but what he (REALLY) needed
to say.
Enjoy your weekend.
Prince Adey.
You wrote:
>
>Very Interesting !
>If Malu was Igbo, you had a case.
>If Malu was non Hausa\Fulani, you had a case.
>If he was Yoruba, you had a case
>If he was Hausa\Fulani, you had a case.
>What a way to go ?
>Just throw it in the wind, wherever it lands,then you make a case.
>
>There is no way Nigeria will ever go forwards with this kind of attitude
>from our intellectuals.
>
>
>Imeh Akpan
>
>
E Duruigbo
Imeh,
You have said it all. When shall we start admitting our wrongs?
Best Wishes.
Emeka.
On Sat, 2 May 1998, Imeh Akpan wrote:
> >From Steven Kueberuwa's desk:
> >>At any rate, if Malu was an Igbo, then the situation would, indeed, be rife
> >>for the private vendetta possibility. Otherwise (and as it turned out to
> >>be) if Malu was a non Hausa\Fulani then this information fits the general
> >>pattern of Abacha using minorities to do his 'dirty' work.
>
> Very Interesting !
> If Malu was Igbo, you had a case.
> If Malu was non Hausa\Fulani, you had a case.
> If he was Yoruba, you had a case
> If he was Hausa\Fulani, you had a case.
> What a way to go ?
> Just throw it in the wind, wherever it lands,then you make a case.
>
> There is no way Nigeria will ever go forwards with this kind of attitude
> from our intellectuals.
>
>
> Imeh Akpan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kueberuwa, Steven S. <ste...@rti.org>
> To: naij...@esosoft.com <naij...@esosoft.com>
> Cc: 'oye...@chapman.edu' <oye...@chapman.edu>; E Duruigbo
> <duru...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
> Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 9:51 AM
> Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
>
>
> >
> >Adey/Emeka,
> >
> >You guys have to understand that I have a very busy life (I know, I know,
> >everybody else does) so I really cannot answer all aspersions and
> >ill-conceived innuendoes...or even read them.
> >
> >Sure, if Malu was an Igbo, my 'just wondering' question would have been
> >legitimate. So it turned out he is not an Igbo. All that does is that the
> >just 'wondering' question is null and void. I didn't think that needs to be
> >discussed by me or require me to 'admit' anything since it was self-evident.
> >I also believe that 'that young man' (Oguocha) did not even get half the
> >vitriol he deserves because of my natural disposition to be pacific. Why
> >not? The man needlessly called me a 'tribal warlord' baselessly!
> >
> >At any rate, if Malu was an Igbo, then the situation would, indeed, be rife
> >for the private vendetta possibility. Otherwise (and as it turned out to
> >be) if Malu was a non Hausa\Fulani then this information fits the general
> >pattern of Abacha using minorities to do his 'dirty' work.
> >
> >This much I have said before so I don't understand what other explanations
> >or 'admissions' you want from me.
> >
> >And Adey, while I would like to express my satisfaction of my blood brother
> >protecting my vulnerable back, try to be less spontaneously, irreverently
> >caustic, develop a little bit more humility as befits your station in life,
> >and give people their due respect. Just heckling netters for the heck of it
> >(under the vainglory and spurious claim of 'calling a spade a spade') is not
> >the best thing in the world.
> >
> >Peace.
> >
> >Stevek.
> >-----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> >
> >Hello Brother Emeka,
> >
> >A beg oo, make you take am easy on my blood brother oo. Honestly, I
> >think SteveK could learn how to accept that he has erred instead of
> >his usual way of trying to right his wrongs. He remains my favorite
> >netter even though we disagree on just about anything or everything.
> >
> >His biggest flaw, in my humble opinion is to read him trying to act
> >in a way designed to undermine netters collective integrity. I hope,
> >and I have told him this in so many words, that he would simply say
> >(or admit that) he was wrong to assume or take the initial position
> >(or stance), then, move on... But he is fond of trying every tactic,
> >moving from A to Z and Z to A, just to prove a simple point. I have
> >warned him that I won't allow him to get away with this tactic, and
> >this is the main reason I go HARD on him.
> >
> >Of course, his last resort is usually to remain silent or go on the
> >attack and label you "Abacha's man". The latter is bound to buy him
> >some sympathetic netters who really have not followed these threads
> >from the beginning...
> >
> >Oh well... I still like the man.
> >
> >Enjoy your weekend.
> >
> >
> >Prince Adey.
> >
> >
> >You wrote:
> >
fomcok
Dear Emeka,
I actually wrote within the context of the few articles I read on this
tread. I generally agree with Steve on most things and even though I
hadn't read all he contributed on this thread I had an implicit confidence
in his judgement. For this reason and the reason of time pressure I did
not have to read every mail of his on this matter. I have really been
pressed for time. At the moment I am unable to come to the same
conclusions as you for I have not read the mails you seem to have read, not
to talk of the possibility that even if I read them, I may not have come to
the same conclusions. Thank you Emeka for your concerns. I can tell you I
react from my heart, and at all times with the fear of the Lord which for
me means the truth- the truth ALWAYS.
God bless..
Francis.
----------
> From: E Duruigbo <duru...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
> To: Francis Ifejika Achike <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>
> Cc: 'CHARLES OKEKE' <ok...@nevada.edu>; 'Kueberuwa, Steven S.'
<ste...@rti.org>; 'Fawumi Kayode Olalekan' <g96...@dpc.kfupm.edu.sa>;
'naij...@esosoft.com'; 'Harry Ogunleye' <harr...@email.msn.com>; 'News
Only Group' <N-n...@sfu.ca>; 'Mobolaji E. Aluko' <mal...@cldc.howard.edu>
> Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
> Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 12:02 PM
> > Now Steve, my anger with you. You are one of those who I believe
> > operate in the same wavelength as I do. If that is right, you ought to
> > have applied only one test from several of my relevant mails to
conclude
> > that Malu, in all likelihood, could NOT be an Igbo.
> >
> > A Major General in the Nigerian army of 1998 (starting from the demise
> > of Biafra), a GOC for that matter, is most unlikely an Igbo.. Have you
> > >Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
> > >
asopuru okemgbo
SteveK,
You would be better off retracting the most wicked tribal sentiment ever
expressed in this naijanet forum! By insisting that every Igbo man
in the Nigerian Army is out to revenge Biafra on the Yorubas is, to say
the least, most outrageous as much as it is divisive. You are insisting on
brooding hate and distrust! You are insisting on sowing discord!
Please, please, recant the statement and kill this thread! Leave Ndigbo
and Biafra out of this coup stuff my friend.
Asopuru Okemgbo
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Isn't it true that the best followers make the greatest leaders? Makes
sense to me because they glean from the best attributes of the one(s) they
followed. It makes more sense then, that the best leaders are those who
follow Jesus Christ very closely, not only when it is convenient and rosy,
but when the goings really get rough. Such people are called disciples.
You may check your history books to convince yourself that this is a
truism.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
On Mon, 4 May 1998, Kueberuwa, Steven S. wrote:
> Imeh, Emeka, Adey/Netters,
>
> Forgive me if I am flogging a dead horse here but the purpose of my
> contribution on this thread was not "to make a case" for or against anybody
> but to simply make some sense out of all the bedlam and craziness. Just
> look at the facts: 1) a near-assassination of Diya by members of the
> Nigerian military, 2) senior officers mounting a coup sting operation
> against fellow senior officers under video surveillance shortly thereafter,
> 3) the entrapped officers being tried and condemned to death while the
> initiators of the coup are untouched, 4) the tribunal chief essentially
> pleading the 5th while condemning his fellow senior officers to death.
>
> My purpose was for finding implications. As you all know (or should know),
> there is not a single event (an occurrence of related incidents or
> occurrences) that is without implications, especially in the current
> Michiavellian atmosphere in Nigeria led by the ultimate gangsta planner,
> Sani 'Kill-dem-all' Abacha.
>
> I believe my pair of either or analysis is dialectically proper and valid.
> I hinted at the possibility of 'vendetta' if Malu was an Igbo. That is in
> accordance with reasonable expectation. Note that this is only a hint at
> possibility (not probability). While this hint at possibility becomes
> inappropriate if Malu is a non-Igbo, the nature of the surrogates Abacha
> selected for the demise of the Diya/Adisa/Olarenwaju trio is important
> especially in view of Abacha's cleverness (like the cleverness of a fox or
> serpent).
>
> If any of you have a more plausible analysis to explain these crazy events
> and why the no Hausa/Fulani senior officers were not involved in the
> railroading and biased condemnation to death of the Diya/Adisa/Olarenwaju
> trio, please, provide it rather than simply gnawing at my analysis.
>
> Peace.
>
> Stevek.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
> >From Steven Kueberuwa's desk:
> >>At any rate, if Malu was an Igbo, then the situation would, indeed, be
> rife
> >>for the private vendetta possibility. Otherwise (and as it turned out to
> >>be) if Malu was a non Hausa\Fulani then this information fits the general
> >>pattern of Abacha using minorities to do his 'dirty' work.
>
> Very Interesting !
> If Malu was Igbo, you had a case.
> If Malu was non Hausa\Fulani, you had a case.
> If he was Yoruba, you had a case
> If he was Hausa\Fulani, you had a case.
> What a way to go ?
> Just throw it in the wind, wherever it lands,then you make a case.
>
> There is no way Nigeria will ever go forwards with this kind of attitude
> from our intellectuals.
>
>
> Imeh Akpan
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kueberuwa, Steven S. <ste...@rti.org>
> To: naij...@esosoft.com <naij...@esosoft.com>
> Cc: 'oye...@chapman.edu' <oye...@chapman.edu>; E Duruigbo
> <duru...@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
> Date: Saturday, May 02, 1998 9:51 AM
> Subject: RE: Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 29 April, 1998
>
>
> >
Kueberuwa, Steven S.
Asopuru/Netters,
My statement was made in good faith and only specific to Malu (who turned
out not to be an Igbo, anyway). But since it appears there is a destructive
implication in the statement, I HEREBY WITHDRAW MY ANALYSIS as it pertains
to this issue.
Thanks for your advice, my friend.
PEACE.
Stevek.
Adey Oyenuga
Hello Asopuru,
I don't think SteveK get it... I really don't. Same goes for his
Pope jokes...and the Naijanet Rules - He only sees what he wants
to see. Period.
Prince Adey.
SAMCHUKS
SteveK:
Boy!! you need help!
SamChuks.
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