On the Matter of the Untimely Departure of Prince Abubakar Audu of Kogi State, "Igbo" Prince of Igala-land {RE: The ICON Gov. Audu is IGBO..true true

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Mobolaji Aluko

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My People:

First, strange deaths happen, and one of such is what happened to once-and-future Governor Prince Abubakar Audu just when he expired upon announcement of the inconclusiveness of his latest governorship bid in Kogi State.

Yes, conspiracy theories will abound, but this was how he was destined to die....under wildly strange circumstances.

May his gentle soul rest in peace. 

And next comes Obi Nwakanma, the Forrest Gump of Igbo-Nigerian history, who strikes again, to disclose that the Igala  Prince Au,du Abubakar, from Ofu Local Government in Kogi State, is indeed  "Igbo'' - ethnically, culturally or politically?

Odikwa egwu!

Well,  this is a sad departure...and an interesting (but dubious) connection.....with lawyers  (Keyamo, Emetulu, Okoi Obla, etc.) taking over to test Nigeria's Constitution once again....and a welcoming test for new INEC Chair Yakubu Mahmood.

And there you have it.



Bolaji Aluko
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MAP OF KOGI STATE

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Early Life & Education[edit]

Prince Abubakar Audu, first Executive Governor of Kogi State was born on 27 October 1947, to the family of his Royal Highness, the late Pa Audu Oyidi, Orego Atta of Igala Land and the paramount ruler of Ogbonicha-Alloma in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State.

He started his education at the then N.A. Junior Primary School, Alloma, and later N.A Senior School Ankpa, from where he proceeded to Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. He later transferred to the Jos Commercial College where he obtained both the GCE O and A level.[2]


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On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 9:10 PM, Vin Otuonye <vincent...@msn.com> wrote:
Oke Agwo:
 
Now you know why Afis is happy that Audu is dead. Is Ayo Ojuotele also jubilating?
 
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I know that Audu spoke Igbo fluently and in fact I know he grew up in Onitsha. I also know that there are Igbo in Kogi who are indigenes of that state but I never actually knew that Audu was one. Now I know the reason for his warm welcome to Umuigbo from the East. 

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Ejo ni Mushin - Prince 


On Nov 23, 2015, at 10:48 AM, 'vin Modebelu' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Audu was an Igbo from Ogbe Onicha, Alaoma, Kogi state. Grew up in Onitsha, studied briefly at Dennis Memorial Grammar School, and then at a commercial school in Jos following the civil war; 
 
Dede Rex

Thanks again for making it known to a lot of people that Kogi + Benue are all IGBO.
This Sharaka going on  is nothing but Sakara.

When he was in Washington DC, he never hid it from anyone who cared to ask. He hosted the people who knew exactly what he was all about.
 His wife in Washington is there to tell the tale.

Igala are all IGBO.  Enough said.

He is at home in Kogi...in ALA-OMA.

Even YakubuPE is Igala. he is IGBO too.

Sai beleivers




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Today at 10:17 AM
 
Audu was an Igbo from Ogbe Onicha, Alaoma, Kogi state. Grew up in Onitsha, studied briefly at Dennis Memorial Grammar School, and then at a commercial school in Jos following the civil war; and the rest is history. He has done his bit on earth. I suspect his death would be from a massive cardiac arrest. He looked quite unfit and heavy, and his face showed signs of a possible, long condition of diabetes/High BP. I will doubt that anybody poisoned him. But of course, stranger things also happen.
Obi Nwakanma





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Re: Tinubu Others, Kill Kogi Guber Candidate- Okorocha. My attention has been drawn to the above story which is trending on social media. When I first read the concocted tale full of thrash and libel told by enemies of democracy, my initial decision was to ignore it but on a second thought I have decided to put the record straight. The story which is written in poor English purported that Gov Rochas Okorocha, the Chairman of Progressive Governors Forum gave an interview where he accused Tinubu of being behind the death of Kogi state APC candidate, late Prince Abubakar Audu. Firstly Gov Rochas Okorocha spent the better part of yesterday, Sunday 22nd November, 2015 till about 7 pm chairing a stakeholders forum of South-East Leaders and returned to Owerri same night, it is bewildering where and when he gave the interview which thrended same night on social media? Secondly, Prince Abubakar Audu is not yet a member of APC Governors Forum and Gov Okorocha could not have granted the interview on that score. The family of Prince Abubakar Audu has not blamed anyone for the death of their son neither is Gov Okorocha a member of the Audu family. The story was written as an interview Governor Okorocha granted yet no medium was mentioned. Can one grant interview to thin air? The purported interview is a wicked machination of people who are envious of the towering profile of Gov Rochas Okorocha and aim at bringing him at loggerheads with leaders of the Party especially Sen Bola Tinubu, a former Governor of Lagos State and a man Gov Okorocha holds in very high esteem. It is also remarkable that the story has no source but emanated from the Facebook wall of a PDP apologist who must have been paid by her handlers to cause disaffection within APC family. The story started by referring to Gov Okorocha as a former Special Adviser to former President Obasanjo on Inter -Party Affairs, an office he held several years ago indicating that the authors do not know him well enough. I wish at this point to remind the harbingers of libelous, concocted and devious news on social media that there is now a law on social media as the liberty enjoyed casting aspersions on people has ended. God bless Nigeria. Imo Must Be Better. Ik Ogbonna, anipr Special Assistant to the Imo State Governor on Information Communications Technology.
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Subject: [OmoOdua] Tinubu Poisoned Audu – APC Gov. Okorocha | The ICON

 
Absolute rubbish from Okorocha . 

Rochas-Okorocha
Information coming in from This Day suggests Audu was actually poisoned. He did not die of a heart attack. Audu was rushed to the hospital and repeatedly vomiting blood which he then passed out and died.
Word going around now is that Tinubu has a hand in his death. It is said that Audu’s poisoning was pre-planned in order to impose Bola Tinubu’s boy James Abiodun Faleke from Okun-Yoruba – Abubakar Audu’s running mate – on Kogi. Although from Kogi, Faleke was a member of theHouse of Representatives, representing Ikeja Federal Constituency, Lagos.
MEANWHILE, the Special Adviser on Inter-Party affairs to former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Governor of Imo State, Mr. Rochas Okorocha [above] has alleged that the national leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu among others killed the Kogi State governorship candidate, Alhaji Abulbakah Audu.
Okorocha, who accused the national leadership of the party, Tinubu, said the sudden death must have been pre-programmed by the mentioned.
He said: “We are not unaware of their antics and plans to field Audu’s deputy, Mr. Abiodun Faleke, after the programmed death his boss.
“Party apart, we are all human beings and such plot against fellow human is in itself inhuman and devilish.”
Speaking on phone with Mr. Okorocha shortly after the sad news, he described the death of Audu as untimely and inhuman at this moment for the national party, APC.
“How can we be mourning the departure of a guber candidate in Kogi State and Tinubu supporters are jubilating in Lagos?
“Do we further need any interpreter to interpret how and where the sudden death emanated from?
“No!
“Such is how we could manage our intra-party clash of interests in APC.
“It is unfortunate,” Okorocha said.
-Elombah


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Mobolaji Aluko

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Leye:

Obi Nwakanma is flat out wrong to say Ausu was Igbo.  In fact, judging from the arrow of time and geography and  history, the Igbo fellows Obi Nwakanma and Ken Asagwars are anthropoogically Igala, while Audu is not Igbo.

And there you have it.


Bolaji Aluko

On Tuesday, November 24, 2015, 'Leye Ige' via AfricanWorldForum <africanw...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
"Even without you adding those embellishment, most readers know the man was an Igala Prince from Kogi State. He couldn’t have been Igbo. So, don’t make a mountain out of a mole hill"---Mazi KC Prince Asagwara


 Mazi KC Prince Asagwara,
Why don't you simply CORRECT Obi Nwakanma? You left his deliberate misinformation only to go after Prof Aluko? na wah!!!!
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 Bolaji
 Aluko:
   
 There isn’t that
 much difference in the brief bio of the departed Prince
 Abubakar Audu you provided from that of Obi Nwakanma
  except the words, “was an Igbo”. Other embellishment,
 that is, “is indeed

  "Igbo'' - ethnically, culturally or
 politically?”
 were added by you. Even without
 you adding those embellishment, most readers know the man
 was an Igala Prince from Kogi State. He couldn’t have been
 Igbo. So, don’t make a mountain out of a mole
 hill.
   
 Cheers.
   
 Mazi KC Prince
 Asagwara
   
   

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 Subject: [africanworldforum] On the Matter of the
 Untimely Departure of Prince Abubakar Audu of Kogi State,
 "Igbo" Prince of Igala-land {RE: The ICON Gov.
 Audu is IGBO..true true

   


   


   


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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abubakar_Audu





 Early Life
 & Education[edit]


 Prince
 Abubakar Audu, first Executive Governor of Kogi State was
 born on 27 October 1947, to the family of his Royal
 Highness, the late Pa Audu Oyidi, Orego Atta of Igala Land
 and
  the paramount ruler of Ogbonicha-Alloma in Ofu Local
 Government Area of Kogi State.

 He started his
 education at the then N.A. Junior Primary School, Alloma,
 and later N.A Senior School Ankpa, from where he proceeded
 to Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha. He
  later transferred to the Jos Commercial College where he
 obtained both the GCE O and A level.[2]


  


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 Oke Agwo:

  

 Now you know why Afis is happy that Audu is
 dead. Is Ayo Ojuotele also jubilating?

  




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I am not posting my colors here but Ogbonicha, Alloma, and Ofu are Igbo sounding names and have meaning in Igbo too. I realize that the names may also be Igala and have meaning in the language. The Igbo and Igala have been neighbors for hundreds of years. Has there been cross-settlement among these neighbors in their communities over time? Yes. Has there been cross-assimilation in their communities? Yes. Do they share some vocabulary? Yes. Did they trade with each other? Yes. They have cultural links. Are there some Igbo today who might have been Igala originally? Yes. Is the opposite also true? Yes. I could go on.

Some communities in Anambra, Delta, and Enugu states have oral historical accounts of Igbo and Igala cross migration. There is a fully assimilated Igala settler community in Onitsha, Anambra State for example. Could Abubakar Audu have been an ethnic Igbo? May be. Was he an ethnic Igala? Possibly. Ethnic identity like citizenship it seems to me, is usually based on blood or acquisition in other words through ancestry or naturalization respectively. It is not clear which of the above applied to Audu. Should it matter what he was? Everyone must decide for themselves.

It is tempting to rely on local anthropologists and other experts to speak definitively on matters such as this one.  In these days of ethnic chauvinism, it is doubtful that always allow all facts to come into play in their determination of what is the case.  Remember the Benin- Ife debate? Which was the primogenitor? The Yoruba say Ife. The Edo say Benin. What does your truly say? It depends on who you talk with.

 

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People will always find one reason or the other to associate or dissociate themselves with a person depending on the interest they have at stake at stake. That the recently demised Prince Abubakar Audu of Kogi State is now proclaimed Eze  Ndigbo of Igala by certain interested parties is no news. Major Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu was once denied to be an ethnic Igbo. Chinua Achebe wrote, "But by killing Sir Ahmadu Bello, Nzeogwu and the other coup plotters had put themselves on collision course with the religious, ethnic and political ramifications of such an action ... Superficially it was understandable to conclude that this was indeed *an Igbo coup*." Explaining why it was not *an Igbo coup* Achebe wrote, "One of the Majors was Yoruba, and Nzeogwu himself was Igbo in name only. Not only was he born in Kaduna, the capital of the Muslim North, he was widely known as someone who saw himself as a Northerner, spoke fluent Hausa and little Igbo, and wore the Northern traditional dress when not in uniform." That was how Achebe denied Nzeogwu of being an ethnic Igbo. Traditionally in Nigeria, the village or town of a father is automatically the home village/town of his children. The ethnic belonging of a child in Nigeria is marked in the name given by the parents (father) irrespective of where in Nigeria the child is born. Genealogically, the grandfather of Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu, Obi Nzeogwu hailed from Umuomake quarters in Obodogwu village, one of the villages contained in Okpanam in the old Asaba Division. James Okafor Nzeogwu, the father of Chukwuma Nzeogwu, was the son of Obi Nzeogwu. Elizabeth Mgbeke, Chukwuma's mother hailed from the village of Ugbolu near Okpanam and got married to James Okafor Nzeogwu in 1936 in Kaduna. Genealogically, paternally and by name, Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu was a full-fledged Igbo. Similarly, the late Abubakar Audu by paternity, genealogy and name could not have been an ethnic Igbo but a full-fledged ethnic Igala.
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