Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
Jagun-jagun
I quite agree with you about the possibility of the Oba being framed. Abacha, the
dirtiest of the scums Nigeria has been unfortunate to have as a leader, lives true
to his name. Didn't he frame Diya? Afterall, he made an initial attempt to silence
the guy. It was only after he failed that he rail roaded him into a bogus coup.
If Oba Adeyemi has not been in support of the mad man's self succession bid, it
stands to reason that he could have been framed. And that this is another Yoruba
man makes it more likely. So, over to you, Yorubas.
Personally, I don't believe in rhetorics. The only way to get this monster out of
our lives is to speak the only language he understands, and that is to take up
arms with him (no apologies please). The longer we talk, the more time we waste.
Babs
Francis Ifejika Achike wrote:
> Dear Netters,
> I have just read through all this (below) and my heart aches once more
> for Nigeria. All we see is hopelessness. Northern elders asking Abacha
> to rule in spite the agreement (tacit or otherwise) that the next leader
> should come from the South. In spite the crass ineptitude of his
> leadership. And with June 12 still hanging on our necks like an
> albatross. One wonders if these guys are thinking of building a nation.
> Abacha is not responding yet to the Popes request. And the case of Oba
> Adeyemi. Ladies and gentlemen men, the time for serious reflection is
> fast wearing out for our country. I am really disturbed. The signs we
> see are not encouraging. A few power hungry and irresponsible men are
> pushing our country on the path of avoidable disaster.
>
> On the allegation of drug trafficking by Oba Adeyemi, I join Bolaji in
> cautioning Nubi and indeed all of us. Knowing the evil that now plagues
> our political terrain, it is my gut feeling that this respected Oba has
> been framed. The issues raised by Bolaji here cannot be overlooked by
> any serious, impartial and well informed observer. Oba Adeyemi is not
> one of those irresponsible Obas/Obis/emirs that have sold their thrones
> for a mess of Abachas poridge. Common sense tells me that Abacha's men
> must have attempted recruiting him (he is a major Yoruba Oba) for their
> diabolical plan of self-succession. We all know that unlike the Ooni of
> Ife Oba Adeyemi has maintained a dignified distance. He probably is
> been framed for not 'playing ball'. From another perspective, I argue
> that were Oba Adeyemi a real drug baron, he would have been in good
> terms with this governemnt (i.e playing ball) for protection. Check the
> well known 419 men in Nigeria. Were they not all cronies of IBB and now
> Abacha? I hold that Oba Adeyemi has been framed until proved otherwise.
> Cry beloved country. Let us pray.
>
> May God give us men times like this demand.
>
> Francis.
>
Jagun-jagun
Nubi Achebo wrote:
> Abba:
>
> I am playing for time so the "facts" would come out - it is however
> damning no matter the conclusion. Forensics should help to determine
> any foul play. In Abacha's Nigeria ANYTHING is possible and you and I
> cannot discount. Just when we think they can sink any lower, they up
> the ante for us shaming all Nigerians worldwide. You should be ready
> to accept all explanations:
>
> 1. Indeed he is a drug baron and has been nabbed
> 2. He was framed because of his subtle anti-establishment stance
>
> Right now you cannot prove any of these so they are both tenable and
> plausible explanation for what just happened. If you are logical you
> would see the merits of both explanation.
>
> Nubi Achebo
> -----------
Just some thoughts: a)If the Oba were a drug baron, would you expect him to carry
the drugs on his entourage? Is it not more likely that he would leave that job for
his mules?b)Or could he have thought of using his person to escape thorough
searcing by the immigration officials? Has he tried sending his mules and they
have failed?
c)Did any of his aides play a fast but faulty game, unknown to him? Was he a fool?
Or just unfortunate? Was he framed indeed?
Babs
Nubi Achebo
Abba:
I am playing for time so the "facts" would come out - it is however
damning no matter the conclusion. Forensics should help to determine
any foul play. In Abacha's Nigeria ANYTHING is possible and you and I
cannot discount. Just when we think they can sink any lower, they up
the ante for us shaming all Nigerians worldwide. You should be ready
to accept all explanations:
1. Indeed he is a drug baron and has been nabbed
2. He was framed because of his subtle anti-establishment stance
Right now you cannot prove any of these so they are both tenable and
plausible explanation for what just happened. If you are logical you
would see the merits of both explanation.
Nubi Achebo
-----------
---Abba <ab...@unitele.com.my> wrote:
>
> Nubi,
>
> I am amazed at the speed with which you appear
> to be buying Bolaji's usual response to scandals
> of this magnitude----allege a conspiracy theory!
> I think it might be wise for us all to be a little
> patient until all the evidence are available b/4
> forming an opinion.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Abba (waiting patiently like a vulture for Bolaji's proof of a
conspiracy theory
> against the Chief)
>
>
> ----------
> > From: Nubi Achebo <ki...@rocketmail.com>
> > To: Francis Ifejika Achike <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>;
'Mobolaji E.
> Aluko' <mal...@cldc.howard.edu>
> > Cc: 'naij...@esosoft.com'
> > Subject: RE: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
> > Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 10:56 AM
> >
> > I hope the Oba will have the courage to finger who allegedly framed
> > him and why he is targeted for framing. His expose will help us
> > understand the working of the evil machination of the Abacha
> > administration especially when it comes to settling our royal
clowns.
> > If he is couragoeus enough to talk, it would throw light into the
> > settling business and rent-a-crowd strategy this administration has
> > perfected.
> >
> > Nubi Achebo
> > -----------
Mobolaji E. Aluko
Nubi:
Oba Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo a druggie? Most unlikely!
Nubi, I would urge you not to engage in any fallacy of hasty
generalizations. The Alaafin is not a stupid person - and in the scheme of
Nigerian things, is not a sell-out. Read all the news coming out of
Nigeria, and find out whether you EVER heard the Alaafin's name mentioned
in the same breadth as all the others parading Aso Rock; whether he was
part of the video crowd. Ask any Yoruba, and they will tell you his
appositeness to the Ooni of Ife. That says something to the discerning.
So, in the next few days, in fact by tomorrow, you might learn:
(1) That the Alaafin was framed;
(2) Why he was framed (not playing along);
(3) How he was framed ("planting");
(4) From where he was "fingered" (Lagos).
Stay tuned, folks. Our land is now an evil place, where up is down, false
is true. Sad indeed.
Nubi - so hold your horses. Hearken to Josiah Akinsanmi's caution. Our
nightmare in Nigeria continues - and this might get ugly when a prime Oba
of Yorubaland is framed.
Bolaji
Back to my shell.
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Nubi Achebo wrote:
> This shows the desperation level in Nigeria. Can you imagine an Oba
> trafficking in drugs. This is how most top government official got
> rich - msuggling of drugs through diplomatic channels. I guess the
> Oba thought he would not be searched in London.
>
> Nubi
> ----
>
>
>
>
>
> ---"Kueberuwa, Steven S." <ste...@rti.org> wrote:
> >
> > I fervently hope this isn't true! The Alafin of Oyo?!!!
> >
> > Stevek.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> ========================================================================
> >
> > Nigerian News Du Jour - Wednesday 25 March 1998
> > A Daily Selection of Public and Private News On Nigeria
> >
> >
> =========================================================================
> >
> > In Today's NNDJ:
> > =================
> > OBA ADEYEMI ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
> > CIVIL SERVANTS PROTEST FUEL SCARCITY, POLICE ON RED ALERT IN LAGOS
> > ABACHA IGNORES POPE'S PLEA
> > LEDUM MITEE'S BROTHER ARRESTED IN OGONILAND
> > SHELL SIGNS GAS SUPPLY DEAL WITH US GLOBAL
> > NADECO FLAYS NORTHERN ELDERS
> > PRO-ABACHA RALLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
> > 29 JOURNALISTS JAILED, 26 KILLED IN 1997
> > LUNATICS FLEE IFE-MODAKEKE
> > IN BRIEF
> >
> > You can subscribe to NNDJ via N-NEWS (a news-only list) by sending a
> > message to: majo...@sfu.ca; leave message line blank; then simply
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> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> >
> > OBA ADEYEMI ARRESTED ON DRUG CHARGES
> >
> > A prominent Nigerian traditional ruler was in the early hours of this
> > morning released by British authorities after being arrested on
> suspicion
> > of importing hard drugs. Oba Lamidi Adeyemi II, the Alafin of Oyo
> was on
> > Monday arrested and detained on arrival at Gatwick Airport aboard
> Cameroun
> > Airlines. The Oba, 58, who is in London ''for medical reasons'' was in
> > company of one of his wives and two grown up children when he was
> arrested
> > at London Gatwick Airport for allegedly importing ''large
> quantities'' of
> > cocaine and cannabis. Reports said the family was unceremoniously
> ushered
> > into Gatwick Police cells whilst investigations were carried out.
> > Diplomatic sources said the British authorities informed the Nigeria
> High
> > Commission of the incident, whilst London Lawyer, Ned Nwoko was
> briefed on
> > the case. A British Customs and Excise spokesperson confirmed this
> > morning that one Prince Lukman Oladejo Adeyemi, the Oba's son, will be
> > appearing at Horsham Magistrate's Court, near Gatwick for
> prosecution.
> > ''The Chief was released this morning after seven hours of
> > interrogation''. Oba Adeyemi had gone past immigration and customs
> > checkpoint before he was called back to answer questions regarding
> > suspicious materials found in the royal baggage. In a telephone
> interview
> > with the Oba's counsel, Ned Nwoko said the ''Oba is innocent of any
> > allegation of drug importation''. Nwoko said eight persons including
> the
> > monarch had applied for travel visa at the British Consul in Lagos.
> ''Six
> > were granted whilst two were refuse. Two of those granted visa were
> > arrested by Nigerian authorities at Murtala Mohammed International
> Airport
> > Ikeja for the alleged offence. The people who owned the luggage were
> > arrested in Nigeria'' he added. There are conflicting reports of the
> Oba's
> > whereabouts. A Nigerian High commission source said ''the Oba was
> dealt
> > with politely and with due respect to his status''. Our source said
> the
> > traditional ruler is currently being held at Hammondsworth Detention
> > Centre near Heathrow and ''would soon be moved to a more comfortable
> > environment''. Diplomatic sources also said the Oba's movement will be
> > restricted, ''Effectively he will be under house arrest''. But his
> lawyer
> > said "he is now at London Hotel after being released this morning
> without
> > charge and conditions". The Oba himself is believed to have told the
> > British authorities that he knew nothing of the substances and may
> have
> > been framed. His counsel said "we believe the son has been charged
> > wrongly".
> >
> > CIVIL SERVANTS PROTEST FUEL SCARCITY, POLICE ON RED ALERT IN LAGOS
> >
> > Lagos State civil servants yesterday marched through the secretariat
> at
> > Alausa to protest the non-availability of fuel and high cost of
> > transportation. The workers who finished work at 3.30pm were told
> staff
> > buses had no fuel while official vehicles of commissioners and
> permanent
> > secretaries had enough petrol to take them home. The aggrieved workers
> > swiftly barricaded all gates leading into the sprawling complex
> Secretary
> > to the State Government, Mrs Funmi da-Silva who tried to pacify them
> > workers was ignored, instead the workers shouted "we want to see the
> > administrator". On Monday, state military administrator, Col Mohammed
> > Marwa placed hundreds of police on full alert and ordered filling
> stations
> > to remain open 24 hours a day. The move came after motorists assaulted
> > troops sent to quell mounting frustration at fuel shortages as some
> > drivers had spent days and nights waiting to buy fuel. With
> Nigeria's four
> > oil refineries too inefficient to meet local needs, fuel had to be
> > imported at high cost over the past several months.
> >
> > ABACHA IGNORES POPE'S PLEA
> >
> > Two days after Pope John Paul II left Nigeria at the end of his
> three-day
> > trip to the country, there has been no indication of change from the
> > military government that keeps a tight hold on the country. Gen. Sani
> > Abacha, who seized power in 1993, spoke only in generalities at
> departure
> > ceremonies for the pope Monday. He made no reference to a request by
> the
> > Vatican to release some 60 prisoners from Nigerian jails, including
> > well-known opposition figures. ``Abacha could brashly spurn the
> 'divisive
> > antics' of the European Union. He could completely ignore the
> > 'provocative' statements from the United States. But he should not
> treat
> > lightly the wise counsel of the Pontiff,'' wrote commentator Bosah
> Iwobi
> > in the independent Thisday newspaper. ``No one person nor group but
> the
> > government is expected to make such capital gain from the Papal
> trip. It
> > would be shocking if it fails to capitalise on the occasion.''
> Simply by
> > coming to Nigeria, the Pope has done more than any other significant
> world
> > leader since Abacha seized power in 1993. Abacha's promise to release
> > detainees in November came to nothing -- although some cynics
> suggest the
> > intention may have been to wait until after the Pope's visit. ``I'm
> pretty
> > sure some are going to be set free before long,'' said one African
> > diplomat. `But it would be a big risk and a very big step at this
> time to
> > release anyone like Abiola and, quite frankly, one I don't think they
> > would want to take at this time.'' Politically, Nigeria is on a
> knife edge
> > as it awaits elections on August 1 in which Abacha is widely
> expected to
> > stand, in the face of condemnation from opponents. Meanwhile the
> > possibility of more executions looms, as a secret military trial is
> due to
> > end in a week's time and could hand out death sentences to Abacha's
> former
> > deputy, Lieutenant-General Oladipo Diya, and 25 others if they are
> found
> > guilty of coup plotting.
> >
> > LEDUM MITEE'S BROTHER ARRESTED IN OGONILAND
> >
> > Environmental rights activists of the minority Ogoni community in the
> > oil-rich Niger-Delta area said yesterday that security forces had
> arrested
> > and tortured a brother of exiled MOSOP leader Ledum Mitee. A statement
> > from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), once
> led
> > by hanged activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, said Barileresi Mitee and a
> neighbour
> > were arrested on Sunday in Port Harcourt. Another Mitee brother,
> Batom,
> > has been detained since January 3 without charge. ``(The security
> forces)
> > arrested and tortured Mr Barileresi Mitee and Mr Akpan George, a
> neighbour
> > of theirs. Their whereabouts is unknown,'' the statement said. Neither
> > security forces nor officials of the local Rivers State were
> available for
> > comment on the report. The tiny region of the 500,000 Ogonis has been
> > tense since the early 1990s when MOSOP began its campaign for greater
> > autonomy and for compensation from oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell which
> was
> > forced to halt production in Ogoniland by acts of sabotage in 1993.
> Ledum,
> > acting leader of MOSOP fled into exile in 1996 in 1996.
> >
> > SHELL SIGNS GAS SUPPLY DEAL WITH US GLOBAL
> >
> > Royal/Dutch Shell's Nigerian oil producing unit said yesterday it had
> > signed an agreement to supply gas to a $42 million plant planned for
> > Nigeria by American Global Energy and Refining Limited. ``Under the
> gas
> > sales and purchase agreement signed on March 20 Shell will supply 80
> > million standard cubic feet per day for 20 years,'' Shell said in a
> > statement in Lagos. The statement said the plant, which will begin
> > operation in the last quarter of 1999 and export natural gas liquids
> > mainly to the U.S., is the first of a two-phased project that will
> cost
> > $150 million when it is expanded by 2002. Shell said the deal under
> which
> > it will supply gas ``at competitive commercial rates'' to the plant
> to be
> > built at Cawthorne Island on Nigeria's Atlantic coast, was part of
> > projects to eliminate gas flaring in Nigerian fields by 2008. ``It
> is an
> > example of cooperation to start reducing gas flaring as fast as
> > possible,'' Michael Weston, Shell's general manager for gas in Nigeria
> > said in the statement. More than 70 percent of gas associated with
> oil
> > production in Nigerian fields is currently flared.
> >
> > NADECO FLAYS NORTHERN ELDERS
> >
> > Nadeco leader, Chief Abraham Adesanya and the Bishop of the Church of
> > Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Akure Diocese, Rev Emmanuel Gbonigi have
> > criticised the call by the Northern Elders' Forum that General Abacha
> > should succeed himself as a civilian president. Adesanya described the
> > call on Abacha as "selfish and not in the best interest of the
> country"
> > adding that "Nigeria belongs to everybody". In his remark, Rev Gbonigi
> > said it portended a great threat to the unity of the country.
> >
> > PRO-ABACHA RALLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
> >
> > The National Council of Youth Associations of Nigeria has said it
> would
> > hold a 3 million man march on Saturday March 28. The group's publicity
> > secretary, Chief Funso Abiri, said the rally will be held at Tafawa
> Balewa
> > Square and would start at 10 am. He displayed police permit granted
> for
> > the rally to the press.
> >
> > 29 JOURNALISTS JAILED, 26 KILLED IN 1997
> >
> > An international media watchdog reported yesterday that conditions for
> > reporters in Nigeria worsened sharply during 1997 while the number of
> > jailed journalists in Turkey, previously a top offender, declined. The
> > independent New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said in
> its
> > annual report that at least 129 journalists were in jail in 24
> countries
> > around the world at the end of 1997, down from 185 at the end of
> 1996. The
> > report said 26 journalists were murdered in 14 countries during the
> year,
> > including seven in India and four in Colombia. ``The most disturbing
> trend
> > of 1997 was the accelerated crackdown on Nigeria's struggling
> independent
> > media by Gen. Sani Abacha who is now holding 17 journalists in
> prison --
> > more than any other African country,'' a summary of the 443-page
> report
> > said. Among those in detention was Christine Anyanwu, who was given
> the
> > CPJ's International Press Freedom award last year.
> >
> > LUNATICS FLEE IFE-MODAKEKE
> >
> > Lunatics in the warring Ife and Modakeke communities in Osun State now
> > flood neighbouring towns of Ilesa and the capital city of Oyo State,
> > Ibadan. Investigations conducted by our correspondent in the state
> > revealed that many of the lunatics in the towns fled during the heat
> of
> > the bloody communal clashes between the two communities where several
> >
> === message truncated ===
>
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Nubi Achebo
Guilty and explanation are two different words Abba. The facts of the
case will inform us about the truth eventually. Unlike you I am ready
to accept plausible explanations pending when the truth comes out -
this does not change the fact that coke was found on the Oba's
luggage. I hope that helps you.
Nubi Achebo
-----------
---Abba <ab...@unitele.com.my> wrote:
>
> Nubi,
>
> Thanks for yours. See my comments interspersed in yours:
>
> > In Abacha's Nigeria ANYTHING is possible and you and I
> > cannot discount.
>
> That's your opinion. While you have a democratic
> right to such, you must not attempt to put words
> into my mouth -:)))).
>
>
> >Just when we think they can sink any lower, they up
> > the ante for us shaming all Nigerians worldwide.
>
> How about this for "buying for time"? I suspect by "they",
> you meant the Government, right? How you can declare
> them guilty without any shred of evidence defeats me.
>
> >You should be ready to accept all explanations:
>
> No. I only accept the most LOGICAL explanation that
> is well-supported with hard evidence. For now, I,
> like millions of other disappointed Nigerians, will have to
> wait for more facts b/4 declaring anyone (in Govt.) guilty.
> I am still amazed how Bolaji's write-up could have
> such a dramatic influence on the way you reason
> on this issue. I truly am.
>
> > 1. Indeed he is a drug baron and has been nabbed
>
> I think the evidence clearly points to this rather sad fact.
>
>
> > 2. He was framed because of his subtle anti-establishment stance
>
> So, he WAS framed simply b/c Bolaji said so? Did the Government
> have to go this far to "silence" him if they had wanted? Have you
> forgotten how Buhari and Idiagbon did the impossible by suspending
> two of the most powerful traditional rulers (Ado Bayero and Ooni of
Ife)
> for violating their orders (trip to Isreal)?
> Don't you think this government could have done the same or even
> dethrone him if they like without any fuss?
> I am not buying any theory at this point. For me, the Chief was
> caught with drugs in his baggage, and until someone can prove
conclusively
> that it was planted, he remains a drug pusher---and hence unfit to
> rule law-abiding Nigerians. He must also face the full force of the
> law (both at home--for dragging our country's name in the mud-- and
> in Britain for disrespecting their laws)
>
> > Right now you cannot prove any of these so they are both tenable and
> > plausible explanation for what just happened.
>
> And neither can you. That's why you MUST (I think)
> ignore Bolaji's claim (until he is able to back it up with
> convincing evidence) and insist on judging the issue based
> only on the FACTS available.
>
> >If you are logical you would see the merits of both explanation.
>
> I will interpret this to mean that your logic is a function of what
> Bolaji says----b/c you surely didn't seem to consider the possibility
> of a conspiracy--talkless of its merits--- in your original write-up
on this
> subject.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Abba (urging Netters not to be influenced by conspiracy theorists)
> > > > > that were Oba Adeyemi a real drug baron, he would have been in
> > good
> > > > > terms with this governemnt (i.e playing ball) for protection.
> > Check
> > > > the
> > > > > well known 419 men in Nigeria. Were they not all cronies of
IBB
> > and
> > > > now
> > > > > Abacha? I hold that Oba Adeyemi has been framed until proved
> > > > otherwise.
> > > > > Cry beloved country. Let us pray.
> > > > >
> > > > > May God give us men times like this demand.
> > > > >
> > > > > Francis.
> > > > >
> > > > > >----------
> > > > > >From: Mobolaji E. Aluko[SMTP:mal...@cldc.howard.edu]
> > > > > >Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 9:58 AM
> > > > > >To: Nubi Achebo
> > > > > >Cc: naij...@esosoft.com
> > > > > >Subject: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Nubi:
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Oba Adeyemi, the Alaafin of Oyo a druggie? Most unlikely!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >Nubi, I would urge you not to engage in any fallacy of hasty
>
Umoru, A. I. (aium)
Francis,
I thought the word is 'caution and don't jump into conclusion'. So
how did you come into your 'preliminary' conclusion that he was framed.
Aren't you breaking your own admonition. Hmm
Best Regards,
Umoru A I
Accounts payable
Room 311A
2600600 (8708)
> ----------
> From: Francis Ifejika Achike[SMTP:ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my]
> Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 3:42 AM
> To: 'Nubi Achebo'; 'Mobolaji E. Aluko'
> Cc: 'naij...@esosoft.com'
> Subject: RE: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
>
Abba
Nubi,
I am amazed at the speed with which you appear
to be buying Bolaji's usual response to scandals
of this magnitude----allege a conspiracy theory!
I think it might be wise for us all to be a little
patient until all the evidence are available b/4
forming an opinion.
Best wishes,
Abba (waiting patiently like a vulture for Bolaji's proof of a conspiracy theory
against the Chief)
----------
> From: Nubi Achebo <ki...@rocketmail.com>
> To: Francis Ifejika Achike <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>; 'Mobolaji E.
Aluko' <mal...@cldc.howard.edu>
> Cc: 'naij...@esosoft.com'
> Subject: RE: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 10:56 AM
>
> I hope the Oba will have the courage to finger who allegedly framed
> him and why he is targeted for framing. His expose will help us
> understand the working of the evil machination of the Abacha
> administration especially when it comes to settling our royal clowns.
> If he is couragoeus enough to talk, it would throw light into the
> settling business and rent-a-crowd strategy this administration has
> perfected.
>
> Nubi Achebo
> -----------
>
>
>
>
>
> ---Francis Ifejika Achike <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my> wrote:
> >
Abba
Nubi,
Best regards,
Francis Ifejika Achike
Francis.
>> > A prominent Nigerian traditional ruler was in the early hours of this
>> > CIVIL SERVANTS PROTEST FUEL SCARCITY, POLICE ON RED ALERT IN LAGOS
>> >
>> > Lagos State civil servants yesterday marched through the secretariat
>> at
>> > Alausa to protest the non-availability of fuel and high cost of
>> > transportation. The workers who finished work at 3.30pm were told
>> staff
>> > buses had no fuel while official vehicles of commissioners and
>> permanent
>> > secretaries had enough petrol to take them home. The aggrieved workers
>> > swiftly barricaded all gates leading into the sprawling complex
>> Secretary
>> > to the State Government, Mrs Funmi da-Silva who tried to pacify them
>> > workers was ignored, instead the workers shouted "we want to see the
>> > administrator". On Monday, state military administrator, Col Mohammed
>> > Marwa placed hundreds of police on full alert and ordered filling
>> stations
>> > to remain open 24 hours a day. The move came after motorists assaulted
>> > troops sent to quell mounting frustration at fuel shortages as some
>> > drivers had spent days and nights waiting to buy fuel. With
>> Nigeria's four
>> > oil refineries too inefficient to meet local needs, fuel had to be
>> > imported at high cost over the past several months.
>> >
>> > ABACHA IGNORES POPE'S PLEA
>> >
>> > LEDUM MITEE'S BROTHER ARRESTED IN OGONILAND
>> >
>> > Environmental rights activists of the minority Ogoni community in the
>> > oil-rich Niger-Delta area said yesterday that security forces had
>> arrested
>> > and tortured a brother of exiled MOSOP leader Ledum Mitee. A statement
>> > from the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People (MOSOP), once
>> led
>> > by hanged activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, said Barileresi Mitee and a
>> neighbour
>> > were arrested on Sunday in Port Harcourt. Another Mitee brother,
>> Batom,
>> > has been detained since January 3 without charge. ``(The security
>> forces)
>> > arrested and tortured Mr Barileresi Mitee and Mr Akpan George, a
>> neighbour
>> > of theirs. Their whereabouts is unknown,'' the statement said. Neither
>> > security forces nor officials of the local Rivers State were
>> available for
>> > comment on the report. The tiny region of the 500,000 Ogonis has been
>> > tense since the early 1990s when MOSOP began its campaign for greater
>> > autonomy and for compensation from oil giant Royal Dutch/Shell which
>> was
>> > forced to halt production in Ogoniland by acts of sabotage in 1993.
>> Ledum,
>> > acting leader of MOSOP fled into exile in 1996 in 1996.
>> >
>> > SHELL SIGNS GAS SUPPLY DEAL WITH US GLOBAL
>> >
>> > PRO-ABACHA RALLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
>> >
>> > The National Council of Youth Associations of Nigeria has said it
>> would
>> > hold a 3 million man march on Saturday March 28. The group's publicity
>> > secretary, Chief Funso Abiri, said the rally will be held at Tafawa
>> Balewa
>> > Square and would start at 10 am. He displayed police permit granted
>> for
>> > the rally to the press.
>> >
>> > 29 JOURNALISTS JAILED, 26 KILLED IN 1997
>> >
Michael Prince Okoh
I wish to retrieved my ealier posting, cause i mistook the alaafin of
oyo for the Ooni of ife. As i am meant to understand, these are two
different people...
Mike...
Michael Prince Okoh
One thing i cannot comprehend is, in the scheme of things in Nigeria today
what constitute a sell out. I am wondering aloud because if some of us
could be saying the alaafin of oyo is not a sell out then is possible my
understanding of the word "sell out " differs. In anycase, i second the
thought that netters should excercise patient in passing judgement on
whether he is guity or not. One thing for sure though, it is a big shame
guity or not.
Mike....
Ayodele Ayetigbo
It's sickening the length Aluko scholars would go in persecuting those they perceive
as Abacha lovers to vindicate their friends who may or may not have been culpable of
committing very serious offense as in Oba Adeyemi's alleged drug scandal. I really
pray for this Aluko school for insinuating that Oba Adeyemi's current plight might
not be unconnected with his (appositenness?) with Ooni Sijuwade. I discussed this
issue with a Nigerian newspaper editor last night and he, too, like other Aluko Jnr.
disciples, saw the hands of Ooni in Adeyemi's alleged impropriety. True, some
obas/emirs/obis may be competing for attention in the corridors of power at Abuja.
But then, traditional rulers are not the only ones running to Abacha for you know
what. Other respected and well-learned members of Nigerian society attract similar
attention to themselves by dancing with Abacha on the same corridor of power. No
name calling.
While it was true there used to be a schasm between Alaafin and Ooni immediately
after Sijuwade was crowned as the Ooni of Ife in 1980, over the years the Obas (at
least the Ooni) have always expressed openly that the "traditional rulers are
together." Search for relevant articles at http://www.usafricanvoice.com to find my
drift. Only this past quarter of 1997 that Ooni and Alaafin reportedly appeared with
Meredith Akinloye as chief launcher of a book on Yoruba cosmogony.
In short, the issue here is whether or not the Alaafin is culpable of his alleged
drug scandal. Supposing it was Ooni Sijuwade or Emir Adu Bayero of Kano that got
involved in such drug scandal? What innuendoes could we read of such scenario? Would
Alaafin then be fingered as setting the Emir/Ooni up? Let's be reasonable.
Investigations should be allowed to be properly carried out in London and Lagos
before passing any judgment. Oba Adeyemi should be seen as innocent of these
allegations until proven otherwise. Though it is true that our country is running
amuck to a precipice due to unabatted lust for power, finger-pointing opponents as
being responsible for every malady afflicting our society is just too presumptuous.
This is not the way out.
Ayo
..................................
Jagun-jagun
Naijatoday wrote:
> In a message dated 98-03-25 22:21:07 EST, war...@trinidad.net writes:
>
> << If Oba Adeyemi has not been in support of the mad man's self succession
> bid, it
> stands to reason that he could have been framed. And that this is another
> Yoruba
> man makes it more likely. So, over to you, Yorubas. >>
>
> Netters:
> This is so unintelligent! Could someone tell me why cocaine has not been found
> in Gani Fawehinmi's luggage? Or Femi Falana? or Oba Aromolaran? or the Oba of
> Odogbolu? Gani and Falana travel out often and through MM Airport.
Precisely for the same reason why Yar' Adua died in prison and Obasanjo is still
alive, or why Olisa Agbakoba sustained a severe beating at the aborted
five-million-man rally in Lagos while Gani, who was prominently featured at the
same rally, was largely untouched, or why Diya is possibly on a death row while
Bamaiyi, the real coupist, is still sipping kununu in his air conditioned office,
or why many journalists are freely walking about while their fellows are behind
bars for reporting the same story. It is a matter of time my friend. TIME! Given
enough time, the raving despot at Aso Rock will kill, maim, jail, or exile all his
opponents, real or perceived; change all the laws to ensure he lives and dies in
that accursed hole in which he has thrust himself, and care less whether or not
Nigeria's youth is wasted, or that the country probably tops the list of countries
whose citizens are scattered all over the world as refugees.And I do hope you can
read Arabic. When this guy finishes with your land, you won't be able to read the
instruction on a public phone if you depend on your knowledge of English alone.
Again, it is a matter of time.
Babs
Uzoma Chukwu
Babs,
Thank you for giving it to Yinka as-is. The way the guy throws epithets like
"unintelligent", you'd imagine he was the first Nigerian "non-story-telling" Nobel
Prize Abba has been waiting for to move Nigeria forward. How can anyone so quick to
qualify other people's point of view as unintelligent not figure out for themselves
that they couldn't make any valid argument against a conspiracy theory in this matter
by simply pointing to the fact that Gani and some other vocal critics of the junta
have not been framed so far. You know, in times like these when evil seems to be
triumphing over good, it's easy to go from "might is right" to "might is intelligent".
ADMers would do well to be wary of the temptation.
Uzoma Chukwu
---------------
Jagun-jagun wrote:
Oyebola Israel Akinboyewa
I love the fact that some people have started to see that untill we
take-up arms and fight for our rights, nothing, absolutely nothing will change
in that country called Nigeria. People, lets talk about the logistics on
waging arms revolution/war against Abacha.
BOLA
On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, Jagun-jagun wrote:
> I quite agree with you about the possibility of the Oba being framed. Abacha, the
> dirtiest of the scums Nigeria has been unfortunate to have as a leader, lives true
> to his name. Didn't he frame Diya? Afterall, he made an initial attempt to silence
> the guy. It was only after he failed that he rail roaded him into a bogus coup.
> If Oba Adeyemi has not been in support of the mad man's self succession bid, it
> stands to reason that he could have been framed. And that this is another Yoruba
> man makes it more likely. So, over to you, Yorubas.
> Personally, I don't believe in rhetorics. The only way to get this monster out of
> our lives is to speak the only language he understands, and that is to take up
> arms with him (no apologies please). The longer we talk, the more time we waste.
>
> Babs
>
Naijatoday
Uzo:
This does not deserve my response. Life is too short. Go ahead with your
theories: Abacha (and Oni of Ife) put cocaine in the Alafin's bag to punish
him for asking Abacha to run for president.
It's a big world and someone will believe you. Eventually.
yinka
Naijatoday
In a message dated 98-03-25 22:21:07 EST, war...@trinidad.net writes:
<< If Oba Adeyemi has not been in support of the mad man's self succession
bid, it
stands to reason that he could have been framed. And that this is another
Yoruba
man makes it more likely. So, over to you, Yorubas. >>
Netters:
This is so unintelligent! Could someone tell me why cocaine has not been found
in Gani Fawehinmi's luggage? Or Femi Falana? or Oba Aromolaran? or the Oba of
Odogbolu? Gani and Falana travel out often and through MM Airport.
Now, is it not easier to frame up the Alafin righ in Nigeria? Why not hide
cocaine in his palace and do a search and "find" it? Why give him a 50-50
chance of becoming very rich (what if he was not caught?) Or is a government
which sacked the Emir reluctant of sacking the Alafin on account of "drug
charges"?
These are questions that require no intelligence to ponder. Yet, out educated
people just reach conclusions that defy common sense. Why is it we cannot
seperate our bad people from good ones? Why is it that a thug or a thief must
have been induced by someone else? Why can't we take responsibility for our
action?
Does it not sound more plausible that one of his sons or aides packed the
coke?
yinka
Naijatoday
My brother:
You are beyond confused. This one no get head or tail.
Good luck with your theory: Na government do am! Na government put cocaine in
your bag.
yinka
Naijatoday
In a message dated 98-03-25 21:46:57 EST, ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my
writes:
<< Common sense tells me that Abacha's men
must have attempted recruiting him (he is a major Yoruba Oba) for their
diabolical plan of self-succession. We all know that unlike the Ooni of
Ife Oba Adeyemi has maintained a dignified distance. He probably is
been framed for not 'playing ball' >>
Francis:
Check your story again. Oba Adeyemi is close to the Abacha government; he is
one of those who wrote to ask him to run for president. This man is close to
Abuja like you cannot imagine. If the man played more ball, he ought to
represent Nigeria in France! And there is nothing wrong with that.
The problem I find with all these conspiracy theories is that we tend to reach
a conclusion and then look around for circumstantial evidence to make our
wacky conclusion sound plausible.
As I always say, there are enough grounds to crticize Abacha. We don't have to
make up stories and tell lies.
yinka
Uzo Okafor
Dear Villagers,
How can we be calling for caution in reaching a conclusion and at the same
time insinuating that it is frame up.
You and Francis have already concluded that that the Oba was framed. Asking
for caution is therefore a no-sequitur.
Until all the facts are known, all those who are condemning the Oba or
insinuating that it is frame-up are all jumping the gun.
Uzo
-----Original Message-----
From: fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU <fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU>
To: Francis Ifejika Achike <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>
Cc: 'Nubi Achebo' <ki...@rocketmail.com>; 'Mobolaji E. Aluko'
<mal...@cldc.howard.edu>; 'naij...@esosoft.com' <naij...@esosoft.com>
Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 3:26 PM
Subject: RE: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
>Hi Francis,
> I agree with you and everyone asking for caution about Oba
>Adeyemi's drug pushing charges. The evil that has enveloped our dear
>country is apparently beyond comprehension to some of us. This junta has
>MURDERED people, for God's sake. Hundreds are sitting in jail. Yar'Adua
>died in jail, people. Planting drugs on Oba Adeyemi, to these guys, is
>child's play compared to the other atrocities. As many people have noted,
>he has not joined the bandwagon of shameless and corrupt royals who have
>been parading Aso Rock, with their babiyanla bowls (beggars' bowls)
>asking Abacha to succeed himself. I'm willing to withhold judgment until
>all the facts are in. We have a singularly evil mind heading our country.
>Only God knows where he will take us before he exits. Maybe by then, there
>will no country called Nigeria. This is all so sickening.
>
>Bunmi
>
>On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Francis Ifejika Achike wrote:
>
>> Dear Netters,
>> I have just read through all this (below) and my heart aches once more
>> for Nigeria. All we see is hopelessness. Northern elders asking Abacha
>> to rule in spite the agreement (tacit or otherwise) that the next leader
>> should come from the South. In spite the crass ineptitude of his
>> leadership. And with June 12 still hanging on our necks like an
>> albatross. One wonders if these guys are thinking of building a nation.
>> Abacha is not responding yet to the Popes request. And the case of Oba
>> Adeyemi. Ladies and gentlemen men, the time for serious reflection is
>> fast wearing out for our country. I am really disturbed. The signs we
>> see are not encouraging. A few power hungry and irresponsible men are
>> pushing our country on the path of avoidable disaster.
>>
>> On the allegation of drug trafficking by Oba Adeyemi, I join Bolaji in
>> cautioning Nubi and indeed all of us. Knowing the evil that now plagues
>> our political terrain, it is my gut feeling that this respected Oba has
>> been framed. The issues raised by Bolaji here cannot be overlooked by
>> any serious, impartial and well informed observer. Oba Adeyemi is not
>> one of those irresponsible Obas/Obis/emirs that have sold their thrones
>> for a mess of Abachas poridge. Common sense tells me that Abacha's men
>> must have attempted recruiting him (he is a major Yoruba Oba) for their
>> diabolical plan of self-succession. We all know that unlike the Ooni of
>> Ife Oba Adeyemi has maintained a dignified distance. He probably is
>> been framed for not 'playing ball'. From another perspective, I argue
>> that were Oba Adeyemi a real drug baron, he would have been in good
>> terms with this governemnt (i.e playing ball) for protection. Check the
>> well known 419 men in Nigeria. Were they not all cronies of IBB and now
>> Abacha? I hold that Oba Adeyemi has been framed until proved otherwise.
>> Cry beloved country. Let us pray.
>>
>> May God give us men times like this demand.
>>
>> Francis.
>>
>> >> > workers was ignored, instead the workers shouted "we want to see the
>> >> > administrator". On Monday, state military administrator, Col
Mohammed
>> >> > Marwa placed hundreds of police on full alert and ordered filling
>> >> stations
>> >> > to remain open 24 hours a day. The move came after motorists
assaulted
>> >> > troops sent to quell mounting frustration at fuel shortages as some
>> >> > drivers had spent days and nights waiting to buy fuel. With
>> >> Nigeria's four
>> >> > oil refineries too inefficient to meet local needs, fuel had to be
>> >> > imported at high cost over the past several months.
>> >> >
>> >> > ABACHA IGNORES POPE'S PLEA
>> >> >
>> >> > LEDUM MITEE'S BROTHER ARRESTED IN OGONILAND
>> >> >
>> >> > SHELL SIGNS GAS SUPPLY DEAL WITH US GLOBAL
>> >> >
>> >> > PRO-ABACHA RALLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
>> >> >
>> >> > The National Council of Youth Associations of Nigeria has said it
>> >> would
>> >> > hold a 3 million man march on Saturday March 28. The group's
publicity
>> >> > secretary, Chief Funso Abiri, said the rally will be held at Tafawa
>> >> Balewa
>> >> > Square and would start at 10 am. He displayed police permit granted
>> >> for
>> >> > the rally to the press.
>> >> >
>> >> > 29 JOURNALISTS JAILED, 26 KILLED IN 1997
>> >> >
Jagun-jagun
Yinka, I was rather surprised that you could answer me in the manner you did.
While it is true I have no conclusive evidence for my present theory that the
junta did it, it is equally true that you have no conclusive evidence that
Abacha's men didn't. So, I'd like you to explain why you think I am confused.
I'll not get to the level where I'll label you or anyone without due proof. I'm
waiting.
Babs
Uzo Okafor
Yinka,
I am with you here.
Uzo
-----Original Message-----
From: Naijatoday <Naija...@aol.com>
To: ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>;
ki...@rocketmail.com <ki...@rocketmail.com>; mal...@cldc.howard.edu
<mal...@cldc.howard.edu>
Cc: naij...@esosoft.com <naij...@esosoft.com>
Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
>In a message dated 98-03-25 21:46:57 EST, ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my
>writes:
>
><< Common sense tells me that Abacha's men
> must have attempted recruiting him (he is a major Yoruba Oba) for their
> diabolical plan of self-succession. We all know that unlike the Ooni of
> Ife Oba Adeyemi has maintained a dignified distance. He probably is
> been framed for not 'playing ball' >>
>
Mobolaji E. Aluko
Ayodele Omo Ayetigbo, son of Ile-Ife:
I know that you are a subject of the Ooni of Ife, and it is understandable
that you will be miffed at any suggestion of his being implicated in this
salaciously suspicious saga of the Alaafin involve in a court case over
cocaine.
Be assured that I have stated nowhere the Ooni's complicity in the
Alaafin's present plight. But Ooni's booster-ism of Abacha and the
Alaafin's non-commitalness about him are to be well-contrasted. Alaafin
was not a member of Vision 2010; Ooni was. Alaafin was not reported (at
least through all of my news antenna) to have been invited to view coup
videos; Ooni was. Alaafin did not ask Abacha to stay on as President,
contrary to what Yinka said; Ooni has. Alaafin does not have extensive
business contacts with the government in Nigeria; Ooni has. Alaafin has
not asked the Yoruba and Nigerians to forget about June 12; Ooni has. I
can continue. Not to bring to mind the contrasts between the two
pre-eminent - and competitive, some would say antagonistic - Obas in the
'South-West" in a situation like this would be, shall we say,
"unscholarly."
If it was the Ooni or the Emir of Kano involved in this scandal, I
certainly would be saying things differently. I would be foolish not to
say things differently depending on who it is. It would be "unscholarly."
Let the readers note this: that we do not put cocaine-pushing past what
an eminent Oba such as the Alaafin says a lot about our views of
traditional rulership in Nigeria. That we do not put framing past our
government of the day says a lot about how we view our government of the
day. That is the lesson that we must all learn from this episode.
Bolaji Aluko
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Ayodele Ayetigbo wrote:
> It's sickening the length Aluko scholars would go in persecuting those they perceive
> as Abacha lovers to vindicate their friends who may or may not have been culpable of
> committing very serious offense as in Oba Adeyemi's alleged drug scandal... I really
Naijatoday
Babs:
Think about the following:
1. Alafin is not liked at all by many of his constituents in the south because
he has been very close to Abacha. He was one of those who signed the
communique asking Abacha to run for president. For that alone, he has earned
the ire of some June 12 adherents. Alafin likes Abacha; Alafin endorses him.
Abacha needs him on the ground in Nigeria.
2. Let us assume that govt official set him up. Then they would have to have
taken the hand luggage from him to sneak it in (if it was found in the hand
luggage) or they would have had to sneak in 13 kilos of cocaine in the luggage
(either at check in when the luggage is weighed and the precise weight written
on the tag) or inside the chute (where temperarute is over 200 degrees) or
downstairs where luggage is re-identified. At any rate, a heavier luggage
would have arrived London. The coke would either have some prints or no print
at all. Here is my question: why wouldn't they frame him in Nigeria? Why can't
they sneak in drugs into the palace and then inform NDLEA? That way, you
don't disgrace Nigeria and you punish your "enemy".
3. Since some of your friends have hinted on the Oni of Ife being responsible,
the same questions apply: why London? And what is the motive? That both are
fighting over Yoruba leadership? Therefore get rid of Alafin, huh? Would there
not be another Alafin and would the rivalry not persist? Would the Oni then
have to frame the new Alafin? etc etc?
4. Why is it beyond you that one person in his entourage may have packed the
coke?
5. FYI: The Oni was in London four months ago. When the Oyo Administraor
asked why he's going back, he said "Medical". He has diplomatic immunity
because he traveled on a diplomatic passport. That is why he was released. The
man would be home soon, and then we can hear his story. Bu please, if he does
not feed your theory, don't turn around to say he is scared! Not everyone is
scared! Eg Oba Daini of Odogbolu. Aromolaran of Ijeshaland. etc etc.
So, if you now link up the death of Yaradua,, the beating by police of that
CLU fella with the fact that cocaine was found in Alafin's luggage, what do
you want me to say?
I don't want to drag this matter. I have no proof that government did not
plant it. But it just doesn't fit; it does not make sense. Abacha cannot be
responsible for every crime perpetrated by every person just as he can't claim
credit for every good thing that has happened in our country. Don't make up
stories; the truth is strong enough.
yinka
fato...@hugse1.harvard.edu
Hi Bolaji,
I like your analysis of this "salaciously suspicious saga". It
even became more salacious to me when I read that Bamaiyi was the one who
notified British authorities ahead. Is this not the same man said to
connected with the Diya coup. Na waa, my broda. I'm prepared not to exhale
until all the salacious details are out. And Bolaji, keep those
alliterations coming. Spices up some of the boring pepper-soup analysis
one is bombarded with on this net.
Bunmi
> > committing very serious offense as in Oba Adeyemi's alleged drug scandal.. I really
> > ...................................
Uzo Okafor
Francis,
I will leave netters to make their own conclusion.
God bless.
Uzo
-----Original Message-----
From: Francis Ifejika Achike <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>
To: 'fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU' <fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU>; 'Uzo
Okafor' <uzo...@iwwn.com.na>
Cc: 'Nubi Achebo' <ki...@rocketmail.com>; 'Mobolaji E. Aluko'
<mal...@cldc.howard.edu>; 'naij...@esosoft.com' <naij...@esosoft.com>
Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 4:40 AM
Subject: RE: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
>Uzo,
>Can you read mine again and tell me how you came to the conclusion that
>I have 'concluded that the Oba was framed' (your own words). This is a
>very serious issue and naturally people will ponder over it and,
>therefore, make speculations. Having pondered I have come up with the
>following positions which I shall hold until emerging evidence convinces
>me otherwise.
>1. I do not believe the Oba will knowingly traffic in illicit drugs.
>2. I believe the drug allegedly found in his luggage must have been put
>there by someone other than the Oba. This someone may or may not be
>part of his entourage and it is not beyond the Nigerian junta evil
>machinery to do this.
>
>Have anice day.
>
>Francis.
>
>>----------
>>From: Uzo Okafor[SMTP:uzo...@iwwn.com.na]
>>Sent: Thursday, March 26, 1998 10:55 PM
>>To: Francis Ifejika Achike; fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU
>>Cc: 'Nubi Achebo'; 'Mobolaji E. Aluko'; naij...@esosoft.com
>>Subject: Re: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
>>
>>Dear Villagers,
>>
>>
>>How can we be calling for caution in reaching a conclusion and at the same
>>time insinuating that it is frame up.
>>
>>You and Francis have already concluded that that the Oba was framed.
Asking
>>for caution is therefore a no-sequitur.
>>
>>Until all the facts are known, all those who are condemning the Oba or
>>insinuating that it is frame-up are all jumping the gun.
>>
>>Uzo
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU <fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU>
>>To: Francis Ifejika Achike <ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>
>>Cc: 'Nubi Achebo' <ki...@rocketmail.com>; 'Mobolaji E. Aluko'
>><mal...@cldc.howard.edu>; 'naij...@esosoft.com' <naij...@esosoft.com>
>>Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 3:26 PM
>>Subject: RE: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
>>
>>
>>>Hi Francis,
>>> I agree with you and everyone asking for caution about Oba
>>>Adeyemi's drug pushing charges. The evil that has enveloped our dear
>>>country is apparently beyond comprehension to some of us. This junta has
>>>MURDERED people, for God's sake. Hundreds are sitting in jail. Yar'Adua
>>>died in jail, people. Planting drugs on Oba Adeyemi, to these guys, is
>>>child's play compared to the other atrocities. As many people have
noted,
>>>he has not joined the bandwagon of shameless and corrupt royals who have
>>>been parading Aso Rock, with their babiyanla bowls (beggars' bowls)
>>>asking Abacha to succeed himself. I'm willing to withhold judgment until
>>>all the facts are in. We have a singularly evil mind heading our country.
>>>Only God knows where he will take us before he exits. Maybe by then,
there
>>>will no country called Nigeria. This is all so sickening.
>>>
>>>Bunmi
>>>
>>>> >> > workers was ignored, instead the workers shouted "we want to see
the
>>>> >> > administrator". On Monday, state military administrator, Col
>>Mohammed
>>>> >> > Marwa placed hundreds of police on full alert and ordered filling
>>>> >> stations
>>>> >> > to remain open 24 hours a day. The move came after motorists
>>assaulted
>>>> >> > troops sent to quell mounting frustration at fuel shortages as
some
>>>> >> > drivers had spent days and nights waiting to buy fuel. With
>>>> >> Nigeria's four
>>>> >> > oil refineries too inefficient to meet local needs, fuel had to be
>>>> >> > imported at high cost over the past several months.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > ABACHA IGNORES POPE'S PLEA
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > LEDUM MITEE'S BROTHER ARRESTED IN OGONILAND
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > SHELL SIGNS GAS SUPPLY DEAL WITH US GLOBAL
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > PRO-ABACHA RALLY SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > The National Council of Youth Associations of Nigeria has said it
>>>> >> would
>>>> >> > hold a 3 million man march on Saturday March 28. The group's
>>publicity
>>>> >> > secretary, Chief Funso Abiri, said the rally will be held at
Tafawa
>>>> >> Balewa
>>>> >> > Square and would start at 10 am. He displayed police permit
granted
>>>> >> for
>>>> >> > the rally to the press.
>>>> >> >
>>>> >> > 29 JOURNALISTS JAILED, 26 KILLED IN 1997
>>>> >> >
Abba
Uzo,
Exactly. It's rather unfortunate that
some "educated" ones amongst us
would rather make such a ridiculously
baseless allegation than WAIT
---like the rest of us----for more facts.
In anycase, Bolaji PROMISED to give
us more "facts" in support of his conspiracy
allegation TODAY! I sincerely hope he will,
for once, deliver his promise.
But then, Bolaji being Bolaji would probably
cook up some excuse for his inevitable failure
(such as blaming El Nino or his/their favourite scapegoat---Abatcha).
Best regards,
Abba
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> From: Uzo Okafor <uzo...@iwwn.com.na>
> To: fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU; Francis Ifejika Achike
<ach...@medicine.med.um.edu.my>
> Cc: 'Nubi Achebo' <ki...@rocketmail.com>; 'Mobolaji E. Aluko'
<mal...@cldc.howard.edu>; naij...@esosoft.com
> Subject: Re: Oba Adeyemi a Druggie? Most Unlikely!!!
> Date: Thursday, March 26, 1998 10:55 PM
Mobolaji E. Aluko
Yinka:
It is a long time that I have responded to you.
Please see my responses below:
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Naijatoday wrote:
> In a message dated 98-03-25 22:21:07 EST, war...@trinidad.net writes:
>
> << If Oba Adeyemi has not been in support of the mad man's self succession
> bid, it
> stands to reason that he could have been framed. And that this is another
> Yoruba
> man makes it more likely. So, over to you, Yorubas. >>
>
>
> Netters:
> This is so unintelligent! Could someone tell me why cocaine has not been found
> in Gani Fawehinmi's luggage? Or Femi Falana? or Oba Aromolaran? or the Oba of
> Odogbolu? Gani and Falana travel out often and through MM Airport.
GANI HAS TRAVELLED ONCE TO LONDON FOR A MEDICAL CHECK-UP SINCE 1994. FEMI
FALANA HAS NEVER TRAVELLED THROUGH MM AIRPORT IN THE FEW TIMES HE HAS BEEN
OUT. JUST A CORRECTION.
AND IT MAY BE A NEWLY-DEVICED TACTIC, THIS PLANTING. JUST A THOUGHT.
>
> Now, is it not easier to frame up the Alafin righ in Nigeria? Why not hide
> cocaine in his palace and do a search and "find" it? Why give him a 50-50
> chance of becoming very rich (what if he was not caught?) Or is a government
> which sacked the Emir reluctant of sacking the Alafin on account of "drug
> charges"?
WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO WHETHER THE FRAME UP IS TRUE OR NOT, THERE ARE MANY
WAYS TO SKIN A CAT. IT DEPENDS ON THE CAT. THERE IS NO CONTROVERSY OVER
THE ALAAFIN'S THRONE, SO THE EMIR OF KANO TACTIC CANNOT BE USED ON HIM. A
MAN HAS NO FIFTY-FIFTY CHANCE OF BEING CAUGHT IF HE IS REPORTED AHEAD OF
TIME TO WILLING AND ABLE "CATCHERS". AND A MAN WHO GOES TO PLANT SOMETHING
INTO A PALACE HAS A FIFTY-FIFTY CHANCE OF BEING CAUGHT.
>
> These are questions that require no intelligence to ponder. Yet, out educated
> people just reach conclusions that defy common sense.
I BELIEVE THAT I HAVE RESPONDED TO YOU IN AN INTELLIGENT AND EDUCATED
MANNER.
> Why is it we cannot
> seperate our bad people from good ones? Why is it that a thug or a thief must
> have been induced by someone else? Why can't we take responsibility for our
> action?
UNFORTUNATELY, IN SAD TIMES, THINGS DON'T ALWAYS SEEM TO BE THE WAY THEY
ARE.
>
> Does it not sound more plausible that one of his sons or aides packed the
> coke?
SHERLOCK HOLMES SAYS THAT "WHEN YOU HAVE REMOVED ALL THE IMPOSSIBLE, THE
REMAINDER, NO MATTER HOW IMPLAUSIBLE, MUST BE TRUE." OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT.
> yinka
>
BOLAJI ALUKO
A SHERLOCK HOLMES BUFF
Naijatoday
Nubi:
I don't think you know the full list of those Obas who saw the tape. Do you?
Could you list them for us? Don't believe the wishful thinking you read here.
BTW, Alafin was in England 4 months ago. The alleged coup plotters were
arrested Dec 21.
yinka
Naijatoday
Bolaji Aluko:
Fine. Abacha put cocaine in Alafin's luggage. Now, leave me alone.
Yinka
Naijatoday
In a message dated 98-03-27 13:46:01 EST, fato...@HUGSE1.HARVARD.EDU writes:
<< I like your analysis of this "salaciously suspicious saga". It
even became more salacious to me when I read that Bamaiyi was the one who
notified British authorities ahead. Is this not the same man said to
connected with the Diya coup. Na waa, my broda. I'm prepared not to exhale
until all the salacious details are out. And Bolaji, keep those
alliterations coming. Spices up some of the boring pepper-soup analysis
one is bombarded with on this net. >>
People:
I hate to be the one to bring public information which everybody knows in
Nigeria: There are two Bamaiyis - one, the chief of army staff was implicated
by Diya in the alleged coup. The other is in charge of NDLEA.
This is why we should tarry a while before we start dancing around in
ignorance. If a bamaiyi really informed british authorities (and note that
Britain does not like Abacha and they should not hesitate to leak this), then
it could not be the bamaiyi who was implicated in the coup.
Oops, there goes a central element of another conspiracy theory!
yinka
Naijatoday
In a message dated 98-03-27 13:10:03 EST, mal...@cldc.howard.edu writes:
<< Alaafin did not ask Abacha to stay on as President,
contrary to what Yinka said; Ooni has. >>
Bolaji "Conspiracy" Aluko:
Really? I am tempted to just let you rot in your ignorance, but a few people
would believe your lie. Ask to see the signatories of the memo from
traditional rulers in Nigeria on the issue of Abacha candidacy. Then, come
back here and tell another lie.
yinka
E Duruigbo
Hi Bunmi,
The two Bamaiyis are not the same, though they are brothers. Just to put
the records straight.
Emeka.
Naijatoday
In a message dated 98-03-27 13:10:03 EST, mal...@cldc.howard.edu writes:
<< that we do not put cocaine-pushing past what
an eminent Oba such as the Alaafin says a lot about our views of
traditional rulership in Nigeria. That we do not put framing past our
government of the day says a lot about how we view our government of the
day. That is the lesson that we must all learn from this episode >>
That we do not put sterile conspiracy theories past our PhDs also says a lot
about us.
yinka