[CGNNY] OBASANJO REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO WELFARE...
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May 31,2000
PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT OBASANJO REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO WELFARE OF THE NIGERIAN CHILD
The Nigerian government has reaffirmed its commitment to the total
welfare of the Nigerian child as enunciated in the UN Convention and the OAU
Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
This was contained in a goodwill message read by President Olusegun
Obasanjo on the occasion of this year's National Children's Day celebration,
which had as its theme - The Nigerian Child: Challenges of the New Millennium.
Speaking on the sub-themes - HIV/AIDS, Orphans and Child Trafficking,
President Obasanjo lamented the current prevalence HIV/AIDS pandemic in the
country, which, he said, deprived innocent children of parental love and care.
President Obasanjo said that his government was determined to wage a
relentless war on the HIV/AIDS scourge to contain the rate of its spread in
the country.
On the rampant exploitation and abuse of children in the country, which
include child abduction and child prostitution, President Obasanjo condemned
the practice, adding that the full weight of the law would continue to be
deployed on its perpetrators.
He said that a Bill would soon be submitted to the National Assembly,
which would guarantee children's basic rights, including education, health
and freedom from all forms of exploitation.
Government, he added, recognised the vital importance of basic education
for social and economic progress, which was why it recently launched the
Universal Basic Education (UBE) Scheme.
With the launching of the Scheme, parental poverty or indifference would
no longer be an impediment to the education of a Nigerian child, President
Obasanjo said.
He commended various organisations and agencies that had responded to the
challenge by establishing programmes that catered for children in various
ways, bearing in mind that promoting the welfare of children was not the sole
responsibility of Government.
On their part, Nigerian children were enjoined to bear in mind that
whilst the society owed a debt to provide the wherewithal for their full
development, they had an obligation to make the best use of the opportunities
so provided.
Nigeria Information Service
Nigeria House [ New York, USA]
May 31 2000
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Sepribo Lawson-Jack
>From Eddie Williams, Port Harcourt
COL. Dauda Musa Komo (rtd.), the Military Administrator of Rivers State when
renowned playright Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni rights activists were
hanged in October 1995, has apologised to the
people. His apology came at the weekend at a state banquet to mark Governor
Peter Odili’s one year in office and the 33rd
anniversary of the creation of the state. Other past military and civilian
governors as well as administrators present at the
Government House, Port Harcourt banquet were Commander Alfred Diete-Spiff
(rtd.), Senator Melford Okilo (a.k.a.
Countryman), Deputy Inspector-General of Police Fidelis Oyakhilome (rtd.),
Brigadier-General Anthony Ukpo (rtd.) and
Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd.). There was also Col. Musa Sheikh Shehu (rtd.).
Although Col. Komo did not make any
direct reference to any particular incident, some politicians saw the apology as
a tacit acknowledgement of his administration’s
massacre of the Ogoni people through the use of the State Internal Security Task
Force commanded at various times between
1993 and 1995 by then Major Paul Okuintimo and Major Obi Umadu. Col. Komo
acknowledged the fallibility of mortals, and
noted that in the process of tackling other pressing issues that were important
to the lives of the people than individual needs, he
and the past governors might have offended some individuals. Said Komo: “We want
to believe that whatever our shortcomings
are and those people we might have offended in the course of our duty should be
seen as mistakes and offences coming from
the head rather than from the heart.” Col. Komo’s tenure witnessed many
allegations of murder, rape, massive destruction, and
looting against the Internal Security members of the squad in Ogoniland.
Besides, Col. Komo was believed to have personally
supervised the hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight of his kinsmen.
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Dawari
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>From Eddie Williams, Port Harcourt
COL. Dauda Musa Komo (rtd.), the Military Administrator of Rivers State
when
renowned playright Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni rights activists
were
hanged in October 1995, has apologised to the
people. His apology came at the weekend at a state banquet to mark Governor
Peter Odili?s one year in office and the 33rd
anniversary of the creation of the state. Other past military and civilian
governors as well as administrators present at the
Government House, Port Harcourt banquet were Commander Alfred Diete-Spiff
(rtd.), Senator Melford Okilo (a.k.a.
Countryman), Deputy Inspector-General of Police Fidelis Oyakhilome (rtd.),
Brigadier-General Anthony Ukpo (rtd.) and
Major General Godwin Abbe (rtd.). There was also Col. Musa Sheikh Shehu
(rtd.).
Although Col. Komo did not make any
direct reference to any particular incident, some politicians saw the
apology as
a tacit acknowledgement of his administration?s
massacre of the Ogoni people through the use of the State Internal Security
Task
Force commanded at various times between
1993 and 1995 by then Major Paul Okuintimo and Major Obi Umadu. Col. Komo
acknowledged the fallibility of mortals, and
noted that in the process of tackling other pressing issues that were
important
to the lives of the people than individual needs, he
and the past governors might have offended some individuals. Said Komo: ?We
want
to believe that whatever our shortcomings
are and those people we might have offended in the course of our duty
should be
seen as mistakes and offences coming from
the head rather than from the heart.? Col. Komo?s tenure witnessed many
Sepribo Lawson-Jack
Please, find attached a copy of the statement that was read by the
Ijaw National Alliance of the Americas (INAA) at its
"Service and Devotion Award" during the 2000 Boro-Day celebrations held
in Kaiama, Bayelsa state on May 20, 2000.
As stated in an earlier press release, the honoree for this year's award
was His Royal Highness King Alfred Diete-Spiff, the Amanaowei of Twon Brass.
Special guests at the presentation included Chief D. S. P. Alamieseigha the
Governor of Bayelsa state, Senators Emma Diffa and David Brigidi,
Representative Tonye Longjohn, former second republic Senator Amataru Zuofa.
Others were Dr. Sam Ebiye the national co-ordinator of the Odi
Rehabilitation and Reconstruction committee and chairman of the INAA conference,
Chief Capt. Owonaru (retired) who was second-in-command in Boro's revolutionary
army, traditional chiefs, and representatives of several Ijaw and Niger Delta
organizations.
Dr. Sepribo Lawson-Jack
Publicity Secretary, INAA
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KAIAMA, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
2000 BORO-DAY CELEBRATIONS, SATURDAY MAY 20, 2000:
PRESENTATION OF INAA SERVICE AND DEVOTION AWARDS
The Ijaw National Alliance of the Americas (INAA) is pleased to take part,
once again, in this year's events to commemorate the life and legacy of a
remarkable Ijaw son, Isaac Adaka Boro. Today's conference is in fulfillment
of INAA's commitment to sponsor a conference every year during the Boro-Day
celebrations to remember and rekindle Isaac Adaka Boro's vision for the
Ijaw nation. The organization believes that a conference like this is
necessary, particularly during this democratic political dispensation, for
all Ijaws to meet and discuss ways and means to advance the Ijaw nation.
In his book, The Twelve-Day Revolution, Isaac Adaka Boro described the
social conditions of the Niger Delta and Ijaw nation as follows:
"For the area concerned, covering a territory of 10,000 square miles and
about two million inhabitants, there are just a few hospitals of ordinary
health center status."
"Economic development of the area is certainly the most appalling aspect.
There is not even a single industry."
"Of all parts of the country, the Niger Delta is the richest in water and
(yet) so the governments have not found it necessary to give the
inhabitants pipe borne water."
"If Nigerian governments refuse to do something to drastically improve the
lot of the people, inevitably a point of no return will be reached; then
evil is afoot."
These inhumane conditions at the time compelled Isaac Adaka Boro to revolt
against the Nigerian Government in 1966 and declared the Republic of the
Niger Delta. Boro's dream at the time was economic emancipation and
improved social condition for the Ijaw and other ethnic nationalities in
the Niger Delta. More than three decades later, the social and economic
conditions in the Niger Delta remain the same. As a matter of fact, some
areas such as the environment and the ecology, the conditions in the Niger
Delta are much worse than Boro's time.
It behooves us, therefore, to continue the struggle to accomplish Boro's
dreams and aspirations for a vibrant Ijaw nation and a consolidate delta
region relentless in the quest for justice and equity. INAA calls on all
Ijaws --elected leaders, traditional leaders, civil servants, and others--
to renew their commitment to the noble ideals that will ultimately lead to
enhanced quality of life for the Ijaw.
To that extent, the Ijaw must put at the very top of his/her list the
development of a set of personal values which will form the basis or
reference point for personal decision-making. This set of values should
constitute our (Ijaw) inner compass. Items for consideration from which the
Ijaw should never stray include humility, integrity, accountability and a
sense of balance between the personal "me" and the community of "us". At
this point, INAA urges governor Alamieseigha, his cabinet, as well as other
Governors and their cabinets in the Niger Delta states, to take the lead.
You, the elected officials, are the 'pilots' and whether or not the Ijaw
(or the Niger Delta region for that matter) would drift is a function of
how you utilize your inner compass to guide and govern. You have a unique
opportunity to create an enabling environment for selfless service,
sacrifice and humility. This is imperative if we are to leave behind a
better place for our children and grandchildren.
The Ijaw National Alliance of the Americas is comprised of indigenes from
Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers States committed to the socioeconomic and
cultural development of our homeland. We will, therefore, keep our pledge
to honor Ijaws, who by their actions, have impacted positively on the
quality of life for the Ijaw. In addition to carrying out projects such as
today's conference, INAA, either on its own or in collaboration with other
Ijaw organizations in the Council of Ijaw Associations Abroad (CIAA),
worked to enlighten the international community about the Ijaw and the
problems that beset the Ijaw nation. Several initiatives to promote unity,
selfless service, economic emancipation and cultural awareness of Ijaws
since its inauguration five years ago.
The "Service and Devotion Award", which will be presented momentarily is to
acknowledge the positive impact recipient(s) have directly or indirectly
made in the lives of Ijaws. INAA believes that individual(s) or
organization(s) that have made stellar contributions to the development of
the Ijaw nation are qualified to receive this award. The organization is
extremely gratified that Isaac Adaka Boro was the first recipient of this
award which was given posthumously in 1998.
Today, the Ijaw National Alliance of the Americas is presenting the 1999
and 2000 Awards. The 1999 "Service and devotion" award is for victims of
the 1998/1999 Yenagoa/Kaiama crisis. These courageous Ijaw sons and
daughters were unyielding in resistance to tyranny and oppression; they put
their lives on the line; many of them made the supreme sacrifice. It is
befitting, therefore, that their efforts are immortalized. We perpetuate
their heroic efforts as another symbol of the unbowed and unyielding Ijaw
spirit, always determined to seek and defend the truth. Determination,
selfless service and devotion are among the fundamental tenets of the Ijaw
National Alliance of the Americas.
INAA is also proud to recognize His Royal Highness, King Alfred
Diete-Spiff as the recipient of the 2000 Award. As the first governor of
the
old Rivers State, the vision of Governor Diete-Spiff's administration,
particularly in the area of education, was unmatched in the entire nation.
Many of INAA members (and perhaps some of you in this audience today)
benefited from the famous Rivers State scholarship program at the secondary
or university levels. King Diete-Spiff's record of achievements sets an
enviable example unmatched by any administration at the time. His highness,
Diete-Spiff gave us a peek at those inner values which guide our thoughts.
He showed us his compass.
Individuals like His Royal Highness and the other honorees are an
inspiration to join hands in the efforts to realize our aspirations for a
united and progressive Ijaw nation. The Ijaw National Alliance of the
Americas, therefore, calls on Ijaws everywhere for a renewed spirit of
service and dedication to the advancement of the Ijaw peoples.
As the Ijaw National Alliance of the Americas presents these Awards, the
organization would also like to pay tribute to all those who have fought or
are still fighting to defend fairness, justice and equity. INAA as well as
people around the world cherish their efforts because ideals like service,
devotion, justice and equality are universal. The Ijaw National Alliance of
the Americas commend their selfless service in the quest for Ijaw rights
and self-determination. Their steadfastness stimulates us all.
Also on an occasion such as this, it is important to remember the tragedy
at Odi in November 1999. The many hardworking and innocent men and women of
Odi who have been rendered desolate and destitute, INAA shares your grief.
And in keeping with its pledge to support the noble initiative to
reconstruct Odi and rehabilitate its indigenes, INAA is donating the sum of
one hundred thousand naira (N100,000.00) towards the effort.
On behalf of my fellow Ijaws that constitute the Ijaw National Alliance of
the Americas, I thank the dignitaries and other guests for coming to take
part in this remarkable and historic event. May God bless you and bless
peoples of our Greater Ijaw ethnic nationality. Long live a just and
equitable Nigeria
IJAW NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF THE AMERICAS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE:
Immediate Past President: Dr. Joseph Ebiware
President: Dr. Matthew O. Sikpi
Vice-President: Dawari LongJohn
General Secretary: Tonye Whyte
Treasurer: Grace Amaso (Mrs.)
Publicity Secretary: Dr. Sepribo Lawson-Jack
Financial Secretary: Ugebai Poweigha (Mrs.)
Deputy General Secretary: Andy Belle
Ik Ochia
>>From: Sepribo Lawson-Jack <slaws...@lucent.com>
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>>Subject: 2000 Boro-Day Celebrations
Someone should please advice these Ijaws to move on with their lives.
There are many fishes to catch before the Delta is all polluted. All
this nonsense about heroing Adaka Boro is a song for the birds. The point
is, Boro was a criminal, the first rebel that Nigeria ever had. He was lucky
that Ironsi did not execute him for treason.Unfortunately for him, the
"Black Scorpion" did. If the Ijaws want to mourn a worthless criminal, they
are free to do so, but they should not bother us anymore with all this
laugahable posting about an Ijaw nation that never existed and will never
exist. Rather than honoring a traitor to his country, the Ijaws should be
finding ways to fulfill this their Kiama self-determination agenda. So,
Alfred Diete-Spiff, the abandoned-property military administrator is now
"his royal highness?" This Ijaw river people have a lot of time on their
hands. No wonder they have remained so backward and primitive. What a waste
!
Ik.
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Mz Ochia has merely exercised his rights to free expression. Why descend upon him like a pack of wild dogs? Still why attempt to drag the Igbo and Ojukwu into the fray? Why not stick to the issues raised by Mz Ochia?
1. Isaac Boro alleged that the Igbo exploited him. His reason was that some Igbo engaged in Ogogoro trade with the Ijaw. By Boro s own admission in the book twelve-day revolution, he organised a band of bandits to dispossess Igbo traders. At the time of this allegation there was no oil revenue as such, so whither Igbo
exploitation? If the profit of Igbo traders in the Ogogoro trade with Ijaw was supper
exploitation, what do you call the zillions of petroleum money now taken by your
erstwhile liberators and hidden in coded accounts in Swiss banks for over 30 years
now? Beyond this Ogogoro thing can anyone define this much vaunted Igbo
exploitation?
2. Isaac Boro as a second year student was overwhelmingly voted by Igbo and eastern youths as their leader, the president of the student union at University of Nigeria Nsukka. Rather than utilising this powerful position to achieve progressive goals for the whole oppressed peasants of eastern Nigeria, Boro astonishingly alleged that he failed to be elected first time in his first year because he was a minority. Thereafter, he turned against the students and their parents, the same students that elected him as their leader in pursuit of parochial goals.
3. When Isaac Boro declared a republic, was captured and sentenced to death, Gen. Ironsi an Igbo kept him and his followers from harms way. None was touchedunder Ironsi. Compare Abacha s treatment of Ken Saro-Wiwa and Obasanjo s
destruction of Odi. Had an Igbo done any of the above...my oh my!..As Odi was destroyed, Ijaw refugees flooded into Igboland underlying the integrated nature of the Igbo-Ijaw homeland. Why did Odi refugees not run to Sokoto and
Ijebu-Remo?
As we write, five more Ijaw youths have been mowed down by the so-called Nigerian
navy led and commanded by non-Igbo Nigerians. What have you done about it?
Nothing! Nothing except scanning the internet to attack Ik Ochia and other freeborn
Igbo people who express their opinions in a free world. The alleged Igbo domination
occured between 1960 and 1966, how many Ijaw youths did the Igbo shoot, how many
Ijaw towns did the Igbo destroy, how many trillions did the Igbo steal? Where the hell
are Morris Akobo, Marshal Harry, Opubo Daminabo and other decrepit theoreticians
of Igbo domination?
4. Alfred Diette Spiff was the chief architect of the neo-fascist abandoned property
crime. Is that the man you want to celebrate? What happens to his own property now
that he is no longer an indigene of the Rivers State? Should his assets and those of his
kinsmen in Port Harcourt now also be declared abandoned property and confiscated
by the indigenous Ikwerre who own Port Harcourt? Can t you see how the myopic
action of Mr Spiff has scared away investors from Yenogua and other Ijaw areas? Please note that governments do not build petrol stations, individuals do but they will not do it in Yeneogua for fear of being dispossessed, spiff style.
5. Under Mr Spiff or is it now king Spiff, Igbo language was banned in the print and
electronic media in the Rivers State. This is a clear case of the minority oppressing the
majority! Imagine the outcry if an Igbo had banned Ijaw language in eastern Nigeria as
Mr Spiff did to Igbo.
So please leave Mz Ochia alone and address the substantive issues.
Mz Ani.
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On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 11:52:32 OKOROG wrote:
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>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 04:31:45 -0700
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>
>June 15, 2000
>
>Dear Ik Ochia:
>
>I decided to write you in response to the piece you wrote about Isaac Boroh.
>First, I see confusion, instability, hatred, and sadness in you from just
>reading your post.. If you can boldly give your intended audience an account
>of your life, we shall surely make out an interesting reading of a person
>saddled with burden and woes of life. I challenge you to sincerely post your
>life's story, and my insight into your confused life will be exposed.
>
>I dare you to do it, if you can proof me wrong. I shall not even bother to
>address details of your uneducated post. Write me through my personal e-mail
>address below if you wish.
>
>Thank you,
>
>Lawrence Daria
>lab...@hotmail.com
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>From: "Sikpi,Matthew O." <si...@nso2.uchc.edu>
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>To: "'Ijawn...@topica.com'" <Ijawn...@topica.com>
>Subject: RE: 2000 Boro-Day Celebrations
>Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 06:41:35 -0700
>
>
>Dear Lawrence,
>
>Thanks for your response to IK Ochia. Ochia's response is not totally
>surprising. Unfortunately, there are many like him who condemns recognition
>of anyone that he perceives as anti-Ibo. I am sure Ochia jubilated at the
>hanging of Ken Sarowiwa by Abacha. If only Ochia had taken a moment to
>reflect on the basis of Boro's revolution, he would understand why Isaac
>Adaka Boro is considered a hero by the Ijaws almost 35 years after his
>revolution. Ochia should be reminded that Ojukwu who is a hero to the Ibos
>is a criminal to other Nigerians.
>
>It's very unfortunate that Nigerians from various ethnic groups don't even
>try to understand each other's concerns. Perhaps, this is due to the unique
>problems of the various groups. However, unity will remain elusive if
>Nigerians do not reach out to one another.
>
>
>Matthew Sikpi
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>I can do nothing but laugh at Mr Ochia's ignorance.What else ,that is what
>his name implies Ochia in igbo means laugh.Think before you open your mouth
>next time Mr Ochia, its unreasonable people like you that have put Nigeria
>in its present position.I before others.we can not go forward with I before
>others.Wake up and smell the ogili.
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>Nwoken Ik Ochia,
>I, a Bonny indigene and one of your so called "... so backward and
>primitive.", "...Ijaw River people..." recalls Clint Eastwood's famous
>line; "opinion is like an asshole, everyone has got one"
>
>The Ijaw will choose whom to honor, and if it does not meet your approval
>tough luck.
>Enjoy
>Dawari
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Anybody can write his life history and we all will have a day poking at it.
Mazi Ochia gave us a hint of what he know; there is another bit by Mazi Ani.
What you need to do if refute those claims with facts as you know them and
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June 15, 2000
Dear Ik Ochia:
I decided to write you in response to the piece you wrote about Isaac Boroh.
First, I see confusion, instability, hatred, and sadness in you from just
reading your post. If you can boldly give your intended audience an account
Thank you,
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Thanks for your contribution.
1. Like Mz Ochia and many others, I have watched from the sidelines as Igbonet and other Igbo fora are innundated with this Isaac Boro thing. Since Ndiigbo are such devils, why do you post the information about Isaac Boro to Igbonet? What are we expected to do? In any case, Mz ochia did not draw blood, he merely expressed his opinion on an issue posted to our forum. It is a free world.
2.On "the scholarship fraud that was perpetrated against Rivers people..."
Please educate me on the nature and character of such a fraud. The period of independence lasted between 1960 and 1966 before states
were created. During this short period, how many scholarships were offered in eastern Nigeria and to whom? How did Isaac Boro, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Sam Ebiye etc. manage to obtain high quality education despite this fraud? Merely recycling these fat tales without the underpinning statistical evidence is unhelpful. Where is the evidence?
3. On Biafra...
Can you name just one Ijaw town that was occupied by Biafran soldiers, how and when.
How many Ijaw towns were destroyed by whom? if you cannot provide the evidence, then stop spreading malicious propaganda. Here is what an Ijaw told a Europen researcher recently:
"When the Biafran soldiers lived with us,
they never forced us in any form. We were only afraid of them...they were Igbo people..The Nigerian soldiers were the people who forced our women, took our goats and fowls or anything We experienced the worst type of force when the Nigerians came..."
(Drip Ayanka cited in Harniet-Sievers et al1997)
Somehow, this bizzare twist of events continue today perptuated by people like you. Before your very eyes, Hausa and Yoruba people have blatantly marched into Odi, an Ijaw town, in peace time and destroyed it. They have deployed their navy to hunt down and shoot Ijaw youths in cold blood, they have stolen the petroleum inheritence of Ijaw people and hidden Zillions in Swiss banks, they have connived with trans-national companies to pollute Ijaw homeland, they allocate oil licences to themselves etc. Instead of focusing upon these issues which are worth zillions over the last 30 years, you are talking of ogogoro trade and scholarship awards. How many Igbo were awarded scholarships between 1960-66? How much was the whole budget of the entire eastern Nigeria for the period 1960-66?
4. you have heard that Benjamin Adekunle & co. killed Isaac Boro but you have chosen to ignore that and pursue vendatta against Mz Ichia and the Igbo. I am sure you know about the atrocities extended to the Ijaw in Ajegunle, and Arogbo-Ilaje by the Yoruba and the OPC. What about the sharia in Kaduna or were the Ijaw also immune to Hausa-Fulani persecution? in which Igbo town have the Ijaw been attacked?
So my friend go and sit down. Ok?
Mz Ani.
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>Mz Ani:
>
>Your post did highlight different other issues that were not presented by Ik.
>My area of divergence with him was his inability to identify the right Ijaws
>people also have. They can express their "freedom" to honor whoever they
>want, just as you claim he has the right to "express" himself. The occasion
>was not conducted at Ik's "door-post" and therefore he shouldn't have gotten
>offended by their celebrations.
>
>I would've thought your "wisdom" would bring you to realize his fault, but
>no, you decided to carry on where he stopped. Your stories were loop-sided,
>as one group was painted "innocent" while the other painted "guilty" Your
>conscience should've at least warned you enough to realize that there are
>two sides to every story.
>
>My main stress here, is that, the Ijaws did offended your "tribesman" Ik,
>when they decided to hold their celebrations, as such, he shouldn't have
>drawn the first blood. Your advise should be reversed and tell Ik to leave
>the Ijaws alone. They have the right to celebrate or honor whoever they want.
>
>By the way, you did not mention the rapes, looting, brutality, and killings
>perpetrated against the Ijaws during the Biafran occupation of Ijawland, the
>Rivers State "scholarship" fraud that was perpetrated against Rivers people,
>and many more.
>
>Thanks,
>
>L. Daria
>===========================
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Ik Ochia
Now that you have exposed all this truth about that criminal called Adaka
Boro, watch all these bloody loud-mouthed Ijaws sramble and hide under the
carpet. None of them will come out to dispute a single fact which you have
made here. Instead they will gloat about this and that
Ijawnation that never was, and NEVER will be. Very soon they will come and
tell you that the reason why they have stopped their natural trade as
fishermen is because the Igbos took the Atlantic ocean from them and
poisoned the fishes. The point is, the Ijaws are a very amazing race of
people, NEVER content with their limited capabilities, but always greedy and
envious about the superiority of others. Just look at Adaka Boro's reason
for leading a criminal rebellion against his country. As we talk today, the
long-throated Ijaws have begun to claim
Port Harcourt (Igweocha) as their own. The Ijaws have been warned never to
stand in the way of the Igbos freeing themselves from the grip of the
Hausa/Fulani, otherwise they too will be burned. I hope our Ikwerre brothers
will wake up fast, but if they decide to deal with the Ijaws, who are the
SOURCE of every problem in the Niger Delta, then more grease to their
elbows. For now, and unless these vultures can refute a single case against
the criminal Adaka Boro, you are better-off ignoring their idiocy and
hysteria. What a wasted and foresaken race!
Ik.
+ +
You have not addressed any of the fundamental issues raised in the mail you responded to. Just answer the simple question: will "King" Alfred Diette-Spiff now abandon his properties in Port Harcourt to the Rivers indigenes now that he (Spiff) is no longer a citizen of the Rivers State?
I will advise that you moderate your language and stick to the substantive issue under discussion.
Mz Ani.
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>My Friend Mz. Ani,
> We the Mz. Ik Ochia's branded "...so backward and primitive ", "Ijaw
>River people" , don't need any self-styled authority on rights to freedom
>of expression and the number of responses from Ijaws will constitute a
>"...pack of wild dogs". Mz. Statue of Liberty, do yourself a favor and
>respect yourself. You and your "so advanced and civilized" Patrick Henry
>friend should take this your type of free expression to a different
>church, you are knocking on the wrong door.
>
>enjoy
>Dawari
>
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We the Mz. Ik Ochia's branded "...so backward and primitive ", "Ijaw
River people" , don't need any self-styled authority on rights to freedom
of expression and the number of responses from Ijaws will constitute a
"...pack of wild dogs". Mz. Statue of Liberty, do yourself a favor and
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friend should take this your type of free expression to a different
church, you are knocking on the wrong door.
enjoy
Dawari
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Have a nice weekend.
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Subject: Re: 2000 Boro-Day Celebrations
Sir Longjohn,
You have not addressed any of the fundamental issues raised in the mail you
responded to. Just answer the simple question: will "King" Alfred
Diette-Spiff now abandon his properties in Port Harcourt to the Rivers
indigenes now that he (Spiff) is no longer a citizen of the Rivers State?
I will advise that you moderate your language and stick to the substantive
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Mz Ani.
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On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:53:59 longjohn wrote:
>>hands. No wonder they have remained so backward and primitive.. What a
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cool it some with the rhetoric.
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Mz Ani:
I will try one last time to bring you to an understanding.
Background
When I participate in a dialogue, my primary objective is to either learn or
teach something. Where knowledge is not passed in the process, my interest
dies out quickly. As "civilized" people, we should pursue activities that
would secure peace for all, irrespective of which part of Nigeria the people
are from. We have gone through too many sad experiences as a country for us
to indulge in posts that would "fuel" more confusion, even if, we are
"expressing" our "free rights"...that is the premise for my input, to Mr.
Ochia's piece. A common saying in my place, goes thus,....when two people are
engaged in a squabble the third should reach out to stop it. But if the third
person decides otherwise, then the resultant effect will cause damage at a
geometric proportion. Mz Ani failed, but Chief Magnus passed.
Now back to the initial cause of these exchanges. Ijaw people decide to honor
some individuals from their community. They went ahead and circulated records
of the event in the net for all to read - something we all receive in the
net, every now and then. We trash them accordingly if they are unfit to be
read. But, Mz Ik Ochia, gets infuriated by this reading and decides to "bunch
all Ijaw people into one basket" and write a scornful piece about them.
That's where he crossed the line!
I wrote him a piece to rest his "projections" on himself and not send it to
others.
Analysis:
1. Ik had the choice to trash the article if he did not like the content. Or
limit his comments to particular individuals. But he took upon a heavier
responsibility, by talking to all Ijaws in a scornful manner. Any peace
loving person, Igbos inclusive will react quickly to stop him.
..and this is why
I am wise enough to know that NOT all Igbos are good, bad or in-between. And
on the same terms, NOT all Ijaws are good, bad or in-between. In every ethnic
extraction, we have all the categories of people we can possibly draw. So, my
dear brother, it is not the ethnic extraction that is the issue, WE HAVE BAD
PEOPLE AMONG US THAT ARE "FEASTING" ON OUR DIVERSITY.......LET US STOP THEM
WHEN THEY REAR THEIR HEADS UP.
Thank you,
L. Daria
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Thank you for clarifying the origin of this discussion.
I had to intervene in the discussion when people started hauling insults at Ojukwu
and Ndigbo, the later being referred to perjoritively as I before others etc. Such unwarranted attacks will not go unchallenged, eastern solidarity or no eastern solidarity.
As for Mz Ochia, he is a bona fide Igbo. If you were an Igbo whose parents lost everything in Port Harcourt under the abandoned property policy, if you cannot even set foot in a house built by your father, a house you were born in ... just because you are Igbo, how would you have felt if someone wrote to you asking you to join him in celeberating "king" Diette-Spiff, the very same man who seized your inheritence? Perhaps Mz Ochia was among the numerous Igbo victims of Mr Spiff's neo-fascist abandoned property policy and he has every right to register his anger. Spiff may have taken his property, will Spiff stop him from complaining too?
I agree with the other points you have made, but this Igbo-Ijaw thing has to be put in clear perspective not swept under the carpet in the name of god-knows-what eastern solidarity. Eastern solidarity should be based on a clear understanding of where each group is coming from. Otherwise let us go our separate ways as we have done in the past few decades and see who cries first.
Thanks
Mz Ani.
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It is your prerogative to choose what discussion you join, when and how. I leave it up to you. However when you make that seminal, earth-shaking decision, don't come out with
the old wife's tale about Igbo domination. The Eastern Region lasted between 1960-1967. Can you point out any single worthwhile project in Ijaw areas in the three decades between 1967 and 1997?
Rather, Yenogua the Ijaw capital remained frozen in time the way Okpara left it in the 1960s while zillions of dollars in oil revenues were extracted to develop Lagos, Abuja, Kaduna and sundry places in the North and West of Nigeriam where the Ijaw are now butchered by OPC and shariarists.
It is a real shame that some among you still have the audacity to talk about Ibo this Ibo that today, citing a decrepit Igbo-Ijaw ogogoro trade and schorship awards of the 1960s as evidence! Lets see you rant and rave about the stollen petro-dollars, the destruction of Odi, the masacre of Ijaw at Ajegunle and , Arogbo-Ilaje and Kaduna with the same gusto as you squawk about the Igbo-Ijaw ogogoro trade.
Enjoy yourself also.
Mz Ani
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>Have a nice weekend.
>enjoy
>Dawari
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>Sir Longjohn,
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>You have not addressed any of the fundamental issues raised in the mail you
>responded to. Just answer the simple question: will "King" Alfred
>Diette-Spiff now abandon his properties in Port Harcourt to the Rivers
>indigenes now that he (Spiff) is no longer a citizen of the Rivers State?
>
>I will advise that you moderate your language and stick to the substantive
>issue under discussion.
>
>Mz Ani.
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>On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 10:53:59 longjohn wrote:
>>My Friend Mz. Ani,
>> We the Mz. Ik Ochia's branded "...so backward and primitive ",
>"Ijaw
>>River people" , don't need any self-styled authority on rights to freedom
>>of expression and the number of responses from Ijaws will constitute a
>>"...pack of wild dogs". Mz. Statue of Liberty, do yourself a favor and
>>respect yourself. You and your "so advanced and civilized" Patrick Henry
>>friend should take this your type of free expression to a different
>>church, you are knocking on the wrong door.
>>
>>enjoy
>>Dawari
>>
>>
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Find out who Mr Ochia is. Despite the fact that the Ijawa and the Igbos have
their differences, it seems to me that Mr Ochia may be a non Igbo who wants
to create a bigger cleavage for the advantage of those who are benefitting
imensely from the disarray in the former eastern region.
I have a sinking feeling that the author of the piece that is bringing up
this does not have the interest of the Igbos or the Ijaws in mind.
As for Mr Ken Tsaro Wiwa, I have often said that he grew up in Aba, went
to high school in Government College Umuahia and despite the fact that the
abandoned property issue led to the deaths of thousands of NdiIgbo who buit
up these houses in Port Harcourt, no sane christian man can dehumanize a
fellow man as the Abacha regime did to Saro Wiwa.
It is up to those who want to continue the plunder of Nigeria to fan embers
of hatred among those who for all intents and purposes are distant blood
relatives.
It might also be instructive to find exactly how Adaka Boro died and who
killed him.
Sincerely,
Igwe
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Chiedozie zoba
The abandoned property issue can never be wished away
in Nigeria. We the sons of those whose properties were
seized by our fellow so called Nigerians, has vowed to
get each and every one of those properties back. It is
either going to be done volutarily by the Nigerain
government or we will take it back by force. If all
fails, I am prepared to blow the house up with
everything in it.
Nigeria can never be one until the Igboman is given
back his properties. That is when the reconciliation
will truely begin.
Cheers,
Zoba.
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