Below are the list of all Traditional Rulers in Ondo State on Local Government Area basis.

OWO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba Folagbade Olateru Olagbegi Olowo of Owo A
2 Oba Abel Olaleye Alade Olupele of Ipele B
3 Vacant Oloba of Uso C
4 Oba Simeon Adedubaje, Adeyefa I Elemure of Emure C
5 Oba R. A. Aladetanye Asuada of Isuada C
6 Oba Omotunde Alaba Adako Oniyere of Iyere C
7 Oba Okikiola Adetifa III Alale of Idasin C
8 Oba (Col.) S. I. B. Ademulegun Olupemen of Ipemen C
9 Oba Kofoworola Oladoyinbo Ojomoluda of Ijebu Owo C

ONDO EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba N. O. Adenusi Yangede of Epe C
ILAJE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE
1 Oba Lawrence A. A. Omowole III Amapetu of Mahin A
2 Oba. Fredric Obateru Akinruntan Olugbo of Ugbo A
3 Vacant Olikan of Etikan B
4 Vacant Maporure of Aheri C
5 Oba (Dr.) Kalejaye Olatunji Odede of Igbo - Egunrin D
6 Oba E. E. Ikuomola Alagho of Odonla D
7 Vacant Olu of Igbokoda D
8 Oba A. K. Ikuesan Olubo of Obe - Nla D
9 Vacant Oduka of Obe - Ogbaro D
10 Oba Samuel Olumide Edema Malokun of Atijere D
11 Vacant Alaboto of Aboto D

IDANRE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba (Dr.) Fredrick Aroloye , JP, Arubiefin IV Owa of Idanre A
2 Oba G. Olakunle Ogunlowo Awosunye of Atosin-Idanre C
3 Oba Olusegun Akinbola Aladeokun of Alade C

AKOKO SOUTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba Alhaji [Dr.] Y. A. Adeleye J.P. OON Olubaka of Oka A
2 Oba Nurudeen Adegoroye Oloba of Oba B
3 Oba Adejoro Adedeji Olusupare of Supare B
4 Vacant Alale of Akungba B
5 Oba Olokunbola Adedoyin Onikun of Ikun C

IRELE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba C.O.Lebi Olofun of Irele A
2 Oba J.T. Dahunsi Odogbo of Omi B
3 Vacant Larogbo of Akotogbo B
4 Oba T.O. Adesayo J.P. Ahaba of Ajagba B
5 Vacant Laragunshin ofIyansan C
6 Oba Samuel Oyegbemi Lighogho of Iju-Osun C

ILE- OLUJI/ OKEIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba [Engr.] Suulade A. Adedugbe Jegun of Ile-Oluji A
2 Vacant Olu-Oke of Oke-Igbo B

ONDO WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba (Dr.) Victor Adesimbo Kiladejo, Jilo IV Osemawe of Ondo A
2 Vacant Alara of Igunsin C
3 Oba A. A. Aderehinwo Asafunrin of Igbado D
4 Oba Pius Aderinluwo Akinnuwa of Igbindo D
5 Oba Julius Adetinoye Fadojutimi Oloja of Ilunla D
6 Oba Sir [Dr.] Samuel Adeyemi Akinmusire Oludoko of Udoko D

AKOKO SOUTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba A. Adesunloye Oyolola III Olisua of Isua A
2 Oba Francis M. Apata Olupe of Ipe B
3 Oba Oyekan George Gbiri of Epinmi C
4 Oba Anthony Olugboja Olufira of Ifira C
5 Vacant Olupesi of Ipesi C
6 Oba Julius Ogunola Olusosan of Sosan D

ODIGBO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba Aderemi Adelola Ajobu of Araromi-Obu A
2 Oba .D. Osebayo Adetula Akinloye Orunja of Odigbo B
3 Oba Johnson Olatomide Olore of Ore C
4 Oba Patrick Adegeye Osuwekomi, Jilobeyo II Akogbe of Ajue C
5 Oba Festus Adenika Adekungbe Oporo of Oro D
6 Vacant Oworofun of Lapahun D
7 Oba Pius A. Adewole Akamuja of Igborowo D
8 Oba M. Olaniyi Akinwande Ajamolu of Onisere D

ESE-ODO LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Vacant Agadagba of Arogbo-Ijaw Ibe A
2 Vacant Kalasuwe of Apoi A
3 Oba E. O. Egbukuyomi Odogun of Igbekebo C
4 Oba Raphael Oyedele Olu of Igbobini C
5 Oba Adeniyi Ajayi Gbaluwe of Igbotu C
6 Oba F. A. Omosegbon Niyon of Kiribo C
7 Oba Moses Omomofe Olomu Takunbe of Ipoke D
8 Oba M. A. Olasehinde Jowe of Enikorogba D
9 Oba (Cmdr.) Olatunbosun-Luyi Ibini of Ojuala D
10 Vacant Okiribiti of Sabomi D

AKURE SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba Adebiyi Adegboye Adesida Deji of Akure A
2 Oba Bamidele Akosile Olojoda of Oda C
3 Oba J. O. Ojo Iralepo of Isikan D
4 Oba Olukayode Oluwatuyi Osolo of Isolo D
5 Oba Omoniyi Olufunmilayo Akapinsa of Ipinsa D

OKITIPUPA LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba G. B. Faduyile Adegun Abodi of Ikoya A
2 Oba Gbadebo Bajowa Rebuja Of Osooro A
3 Oba Michael Obatuga Adetoye Jegun of Idepe-Okitipupa A
4 Oba W. Akinlade Halu of Ode-Aye B
5 Oba S. A. Akinlalu Orungberuwa of Ode-Erinje B
6 Oba L. B. Ayelomi JP Lumure of Ayeka B
7 Vacant Olura of Igbinsin-Oloto C
8 Oba J. E. Aiyeku Obagberume of Igbodigo C
9 Oba P. A. Akinsola JP Olu of Igodan Lisa D
10 Oba D. T. Teniola JP Orofun of Iju-Odo D
11 Oba Earnest Adeoye Idepefo Majuwa of Ilutitun D

AKURE NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba Amos Adelakun Farukanmi Okiti of Iju B
2 Oba Idowu Faborode Ogbolu of Ita-Ogbolu B
3 Oba J. O. Agunbiade Oloba of Oba-Ile B
4 Oba (Prof.) Peter Oluyede Alayede of Ayede-Ogbese D
5 Vacant Jagunmolu of Igbatoro-Familugba D

AKOKO NORTH WEST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba Victor Adetona Owa Of Ogbagi A
2 Oba (Cmdr.) A.O. Momodu Akala of Ikaram A
3 Oba Yisa Olanipekun Zaki of Arigidi A
4 Vacant Onirun of Irun A
5 Oba (Dr) Oladunjoye Fajana Ajana of Afa, Okeagbe D
6 Oba Sunday Mogaji Osunla of Erusu D
7 Vacant Alafin of Afin D
8 Oba Alex Jimoh Owage of Oge, Okeagbe D
9 Oba Akintola Ogunmodede Elefifa of Efifa D
10 Oba Joel Sunday Daudu Oluyani of Iyani D
11 Oba R.O.Atibioke [JP] Olubaramu of Ibaramu D
12 Oba L.O.Bamisile Oloyin of Oyin D
13 Oba Amos Ogunleye Eleriti of Eriti D
14 Oba Walidu Sanni Olugedegede of Igedegede D
15 Oba E.A. Ipinlaye Oloje of Igasi D
16 Oba D.O. Adewunmi Elese of Ese D
17 Vacant Oniye of Iye D
18 Oba J. K. Sanusi Elesiku of Esiku D
19 Oba Timothy Adewale Olojo of Ojo, Ajowa D
20 Oba C. O. Jimoh Oloso of Oso, Ajowa D
21 Oba Oloruntoba Bello Ewi of Aje Okeagbe D
22 Oba Timothy S. Ipinmoroti Oluro of Uro Ajowa D
23 Oba Joshua Oladunni Alase of Ase, Ajowa D
24 Oba (Alh.) Alasan Elela Olora of Ora, Ajowa D
25 Oba Sunday Awojulu Oludo of Ido, Okeagbe D
26 Oba J. K. Olododowa Oludaja of Daja, Ajowa D
27 Oba Kayode Olusa Oludotun of Iludotun, Ajowa D

OSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba I.A .Adeusi [JP] Olufon of Ifon A
2 Vacant Alaani of Idoani A
3 Oba A.Oluwole Akinrogbe Olute of Ute B
4 Oba Owasunloye Arinjale of Okeluse B
5 Oba B.A. Adeniran [JP] Onimeri Of Imeri C
6 Oba S.A.Egunjobi Alafo of Afo C
7 Oba Moses E.O. Bakare Onidogun of Idogun C
8 Oba Abel A. Okinbaloye [JP] Olumoru of Imoru C
9 Vacant Olukaro of Ikaro C
10 Oba J.N.Alonge Odibiado of Ijagba C

IFEDORE LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba I.A. Adepoju Olowa of Igbara-Oke B
2 Oba Aderemi Adefehinti Alara of Ilara-Mokin B
3 Oba Adebamigbe Oluwagbemigun Olujare of Ijare B
4 Vacant Olubule of Ibule C
5 Oba Joseph Adegbola Awolehin Asarun of Isarun C
6 Oba R.O. Ojo Adapogun of Ipogun C
7 Vacant Ekiri of Ero C
8 Vacant OLurese of Irese D
9 Oba James Babatola Agbona, Orimoro II Oloja of Aaye D
10 Oba Julius Aluko Adegoke Oloja of Mariwo D
11 Vacant Owo of Araromi-Omoladan D
12 Vacant Eleti of Eti D
13 Vacant Akota of Ikota D

AKOKO NORTH EAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SN NAME TITLE GRADE

1 Oba [Alh] A.S. Momoh [JP] Olukare of Ikare A
2 Vacant Olugbe of Ugbe C
3 Oba Emmanuel Babalola Oluboropa of Iboropa D
4 Vacant Olukakumo of Ikakumo D
5 Oba V. D. F. Obasoro Oluwade of Akunnu D
6 Oba Adegbenro A. Omola Onise of Ise D
7 Oba S. K. Agunloye Alauga of Auga D
8 Oba S. K. Adedoyin D

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“The Five Majors": Myth and Reality By Max Siollun

“The Five Majors": Myth and Reality
                     By
               Max Siollun
              juj_uk@yahoo.com

Because of the death of most of the principal actors, the true sequence of events during Nigeria’s first military coup of January 15 th 1966 have become clouded by rumour, and outright mythology. Several misconceptions formed in the gossipy aftermath of the coup have assumed the status of fact. I attempt in this article, to expose some of the primary myths.

FIVE MAJORS?

One enduring myth is that Nigeria’s first military coup was carried out by “five Igbo Majors”. The source of this myth is the “we were five in number” comment, which the coup’s most visible, participant: Major Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu, made in an interview with Dennis Ejindu (Africa and the world - May 1967) after the coup. The “five Majors” myth was later perpetuated by Captain Ben Gbulie’s book on the coup entitled “Nigeria’s Five Majors”, the title of which he recently admitted borrowing from a BBC play of the same name.

When Nzeogwu made his infamous “we were five” comment, he made no reference to the rank of the “five”. He was merely referring to the five designated strategic regional commanders of the coup. In fact, no less than nine Majors were originally billed to take part in the coup. These were Majors Nzeogwu, Ifeajuna, Ademoyega, Okafor, Anuforo, Chukwuka, Obienu, Onwuatuegwu and Chude-Sokei. Shortly before the coup, Chude-Sokei was posted overseas. On the coup day itself, Obienu failed to show, leaving seven Majors as participants. When it came to execution, the Majors designated five officers as regional commanders for the coup’s execution. Of Nzeogwu’s “five”, there were “the two of us in the North” (Nzeogwu and Major Tim Onwuatuegwu), and three more in the South.
The head of the Lagos operations was Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna. That makes three Majors so far. The squad, which killed Chief Samuel Akintola in Ibadan, was led by CAPTAIN Nwobosi. That makes four (three Majors and one Captain). There was no coup in the Mid-West as no military formation was based in that region. However, Lieutenant Oguchi was dispatched to the east to arrest the Premier of the Eastern region: Dr Michael Okpara. The identity of the fifth member is the most problematic. Majors Don Okafor and Adewale Ademoyega were given much responsibility for the Lagos branch of the coup, and it is likely that one of these two men was the fifth commander.

WHO WAS THE LEADER?

Major Nzeogwu has since 1966, been touted as the leader of the January 1966 coup. This has been widely presumed due to the visible role which Nzeogwu played during and after the coup. Nzeogwu was the only Major tosuccessfully execute the coup in his designated target region.
He then followed up his coup success with his infamous “our enemies are the…..” speech. Thus the (false) assumption that he was the coup leader spread. The truth may be somewhat different. It was not until the coup plot reached its logistical stage that Nzeogwu was brought in to the conspiratorial group. The brains behind the coup was probably Major Emmanuel Ifeajuna, however Ifeajuna was chased out of Nigeria’s then capital city of Lagos by Major-General Ironsi. Realising that Ironsi was rounding up those that took part in the coup, Ifeajuna fled to Ghana, leaving Nzeogwu to hold the fort.

“THESE BOOKISH PEOPLE”

The ideological circle of for the January coup seems to have consisted primarily of officers who had embarked upon military careers after completing university degrees. The late former military governor of the Northern Region: Hassan Katsina once commented on the presence of some “bookish people” who had joined the Army for rather different reasons from the normal military crowd. Katsina was probably referring to the graduates that had begun to join the Army. These graduates may have been exposed to the left wing political doctrine which was sweeping across much of Africa, Asia, and South America at the time. In January 1966, the Nigerian Army had six graduates: Ojukwu, Olutoye, Banjo, Ademoyega, Ifeajuna, and Rotimi. Three or four of these graduates were involved conceptually, or physically in the January coup. Of the direct participants, Ademoyega had a degree in History from the University of London, and Ifeajuna was a graduate of the University of Ibadan.
Although not physically involved in the January coup, Lt-Colonels Ojukwu and Banjo had been accused of showing a greater than average interest in political matters. Security reports concerning coup plotting by Banjo were passed to Prime Minister Balewa, who ignored them. Major Ademoyega claims that the Majors had at some point in time, floated the idea of a coup to Ojukwu and Banjo, along with Lt-Colonels Hilary Njoku and Francis Fajuyi. The four Lt-Colonels were not opposed to a military coup, but Njoku and Ojukwu were “unsure” about whether to participate (see Ademoyega: “Why We Struck”) . None of the four Lt-Colonels got physically involved when the Majors eventually struck and three (Njoku, Ojukwu, Fajuyi) actually played a role (to varying degrees) in crushing the coup, while Fajuyi and Ojukwu became military governors in Ironsi’s military administration.

A MAN CALLED KADUNA

Nzeogwu was a devout catholic, a teetotaler, a non-smoker, and despite being a bachelor, did not spend much time chasing women. What possessed a puritanical, bible bashing, innocent young man like Nzeogwu to murder unarmed civilians in the middle of the night? What is clear is that Nzeogwu had harboured some anti-government sentiment for several years before 1966. Nzeogwu’s boss at the Nigerian Military Training College: Colonel Ralph Shodeinde, had in the past reported Nzeogwu to Army Headquarters for allegedly disseminating anti-government rhetoric to junior officers. Shodeinde’s report claimed that Nzeogwu had been attempting to poison junior officers’ minds against the Government (see Obasanjo: “An intimate portrait of Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu”) . Nigeria’s current Defence Secretary: Lt-Gen Theophilus Danjuma was aware of Nzeogwu’s coup recruitment policy. As a former colleague of Nzeogwu, Danjuma noted that “Nzeogwu was a very charming person. He had his method, he would start by criticizing government and then watch your reaction…..if you joined him in criticising the government…..then he would say well, we would (sic) fix them one day. That’s how he recruited”. Tim Onwuatuegwu bought Nzeogwu’s anti-government line. Onwuatuegwu was a colleague of Major Nzeogwu at the Nigerian Military Training College, where Onwuatuegwu was also an instructor. Onwuatuegwu was tagged a dull, parade ground “goody two shoes” type by one his own course-mates at Sandhurst but fell under Nzeogwu’s spell and was convinced enough to break into the house of, and shoot his own Brigade commander (Brigadier Ademulegun).
One officer that seems to have been unaffected by Nzeogwu’s political rhetoric was a cadet named Salihu Ibrahim. Ibrahim was training at the Nigerian Military Training College while Nzeogwu (chief instructor at the College) and company hatched the coup plot. Despite being close to Nzeogwu, Ibrahim matured into a “vintage professional soldier” (Chris Alli: The Siege Of Nation) who abhorred military participation in Government. Ibrahim retired from the Nigerian Army in 1993 after rising to the rank of Lt-General, and serving as Chief of Army Staff. Strangely for a man who disliked military coups and military governments, he served as a member of firstly Major-General Buhari’s Supreme Military Council from 1984-85, and in Ibrahim Babangida’s Armed Forces Ruling Council thereafter.

THE ONLY IGBO TO DIE

Many claim that the January 15 th 1966 coup was a gigantic Igbo plot to transfer control of the Federal Government from northerners to Igbos. However, one stumbling block in this argument was that the Majors’ killed an Igbo officer during the coup. The proponents of the “Igbo coup” argument have tried to rationalize the murder of Lt-Col Arthur Unegbe by arguing that he was not initially a target of the Majors, but was only killed because he refused to surrender the keys of the armoury. This argument displays an ignorance of military postings and procedure. At the time of the January coup, Unegbe was the Quartermaster-General of the Nigerian Army at Army Headquarters in Lagos. Not being in command of a combat unit, he had no access to any armoury keys. As soldiers, the Majors would have known this. Also, the fact that Unegbe was SHOT proves that the Majors were already armed when they got to him. Why kill a man in order to get something you already have?
Additionally, the mutineers in other units outside Lagos managed to get their hands on weapons without resorting to killing the respective Quartermasters of their various units. What is more probable is that Unegbe was killed because he was known to be close to Brigadier Maimalari.
Thus the Majors probably figured that Unegbe had to be silenced in order to prevent him from raising the alarm.

THE ROLE OF NORTHERN SOLDIERS

Not many realize that several officers of northern origin took part in Nigeria’s first military coup. The “Igbo coup” tag attached to the Majors’ assault ignores the fact that scores of northern officers took part in the Lagos operations, and even assisted Nzeogwu when he stormed the residence of the Northern Region’s premier: Ahmadu Bello.
Nzeogwu later described the detachment of troops accompanying him to Bello’s house as “a truly Nigerian gathering” (New Nigerian – 18 th January 1966) . Nzeogwu pointed out that the northern soldiers accompanying him “had the chance to drop out. More than that, they had bullets. They had been issued with bullets but I was unarmed. If they disagreed they could have shot me….most of the Other Ranks were Northerners but they followed”. Among the prominent northern soldiers that helped Nzeogwu to overthrow the Northern Region’s government was John Atom Kpera. Kpera later became the military governor of Benue State. Many of the soldiers that accompanied Major Ifeajuna when he abducted the Prime Minister: Tafawa Balewa, were also northerners.

IRONSI

The Majors’ failure to arrest or kill the General Officer Commanding (GOC) the Nigerian Army: Major-General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, has led some to believe that he was part of, or was at the very least tipped off about, the coup plot. Ironsi and other senior officers had in the weeks leading up to the coup become concerned by the possibility of a junior officers’ coup. These concerns were passed on to the Prime Minister who either did not take them seriously, or chose not to act in response.
Ironsi was definitely on the Majors’ hit list and Major Nzeogwu later regretted that they did not manage to get him (“We got some but not all. General Ironsi was to have been shot”). Ironsi’s escape owed much to good fortune, and the Majors tactical mistake in arresting or killing other senior officers before they got hold of Ironsi. The commotion caused by the murders of other officers alerted Ironsi to the coup and he was able to rally troops who helped him to put down the Majors’ coup. Ironsi had been tipped off about the coup by a telephone call from the Army’s Adjutant-General: Lt-Col James Pam. Shortly after ending the telephone call with Ironsi, Pam was abducted and murdered by officers involved in the plot. On his way to commence moves to crush the coup, Ironsi actually came across some junior officers that were involved in the coup. It is possible that some of these young officers lost their nerve when confronted by the intimidating presence of their GOC. When he encountered a checkpoint manned by some of the mutineers, Ironsi simply stepped out of his vehicle, and roared “get out of my way!” (an order which was promptly obeyed) before continuing his journey. After the coup was suppressed, Ironsi met with the surviving members of the federal cabinet. Even northern ministers present at that meeting conceded that Ironsi seemed genuinely upset by, and wept about the death of his military colleagues.

As often happens with emotive events, we sometimes allow our judgment, and the facts, to be obscured by rumour and grab hold of any theory – no matter how implausible. I hope that I have managed to shed more light on the events of that fateful night that so drastically altered Nigeria’s political landscape.

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Five guides that will help you to follow your instincts

"Invention is the mother of necessities" you are probably thinking of pointing out my error because you are used to this phrase "Necessity is the mother of invention". The truth is that both phrases are true but the first phrase has been unpopular because history isn't a popular course. Whereas without history success is almost impossible.

Scientists know that most of their inventions are products of their instincts. When motor engines were first invented they weren't accepted because men are habitual in nature. Humans had been using horses as means of transportation for over 6000 years before the first motor engine, so there was no stimulus for the change in habit until after several years as the technology become more fine tuned. So motored vehicles were not made because men needed a faster means of transportation, because they weren't faster than horses initially. Rather it was because instinct pushed some men to think differently. Likewise, airplanes and ships were not invented because most men thought it necessary but because few men allowed their instinct to prevail. As younger man I read in the history books I found in the library of St. Peter's College Olomore, Abeokuta, Ogun state in Nigeria years back that scientists that thought differently that the world wasn't flat and that heaven wasn't located beyond the sky were hanged. A popular bible story "The Tower of Babel" also supported this dogma that God gave men different Languages because they were trying to build a Tower as high as the Heavens. So if you choose to follow your instincts then you must be ready to be the different.

So what is instinct? Instinct is a way of behaving, thinking or feeling that is not learned, a natural desire or tendency that makes you. Instinct is why our world is more developed more than that of the other animals, it is the reason we have not like birds remained cave men. It is written in the bible that we are all members of the same body, it said just like no part of the body can claim to be more important than the other we are all equal. In learning to use our instinct lies our uniqueness, but unfortunately the world system forces us to think differently that some are born smarter than the other. Our smartness lies in our ability to follow our instincts and to realise that our culture, tradition and people may disapprove of these nudges.

This article was inspired by a film I watched "Revenant" in which the lead actor Leonardo de Caprio screen named Hugh Glass endured the worst form of pains, hardships yet survived where others perished. When Glass found himself caught in a cold snowy weather and his only companion was his dead horse that has just been kiled in a battle. Depending on his instinct he cut the horse opened, removed all the intestines and buried himself in the belly of the dead horse until the weather became favourable. So how can you follow your instincts, because if you don't do your time on Earth would be wasted.
Here are the five guides:

1. Dare to be different, you will eventually die.

2. Stop proscatinating, proscatination is the opposite of decision. To follow your instinct you must learn to make decisions on your feet. Don't leave them till tomorrow.

3. Be responsible, it is your life whichever way you end up you will win.

4. Careless about what other people think or feel, they remain their personal opinions.

5. Learn from your painfull and joyful moments, don't only cry and celebrate but learn. Remember Newton's third law of motion, action and reaction are equal and opposite. As a baby you learnt how to walk by falling down and forcing yourself back to your feet in cycles until you could run. And you didn't think you needed prayers but only depended on your instincts and kept trying until you could run.

If you have learnt anything from this article be generous enough to share it with your friends.

This Article was written by Oderinlo Oluwatoyin Lee James

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23-Year old man jailed for raping nine year old girl.

A 23 year old security man has been sentenced to five years imprisonment with  hard labour by an Akure Chief magistrate court for raping a nine year old girl. 

The convict, Onoja Abel, who was accused of assault and rape was found guilty of unlawful having carnal knowledge of the girl and was sentenced to five years imprisonment with hard labour by the Chief magistrate, Mrs. Victoria Bobmanuel.

According to the police prosecutor,  ASP Isah Atanegbe,  the accused person commited the offence between September and October 2015 at Toyosi Pure Water compound of High School area, Akure.
Atanegbe said the convict lured the girl into his security room and forcefully had canal knowledge of the miror.
He said the offence is contrary to and punishable under Section 218 and 360 of the cCriminal Code cap 37 volume 1 Law of   Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
The accused person however pleaded guilty to the two -count charge of rape and assault, " I only slept with the girl once in the month of September and twice in the month of October " he said.

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Liverpool Sacks Brendan Rodgers

Liverpool Football Club has announced that Brendan Rodgers will leave his post with immediate effect after having his contract terminated. The process to appoint a new manager is underway.

The Northern Irishman joined Liverpool FC in June 2012 and helped the club mount anmemorable title challenge in his second season, as well as helping to develop many exciting young players.

LFC's ownership have paid tribute and thanked Rodgers for his contribution.
In a joint Fenway Sports Group statement, Principal Owner John W Henry, Chairman Tom Werner and President Mike Gordon said:

“We would like to place on record our sincere thanks to Brendan Rodgers for the significant contribution he has made to the club and express our gratitude for his hard work and commitment.
“All of us have experienced some wonderful moments with Brendan as manager and we are confident he will enjoy a long career in the game.

“Although this has been a difficult decision, we believe it provides us with the best opportunity for success on the pitch. Ambition and winning are at the heart of what we want to bring to
Liverpool and we believe this change gives us the best opportunity to deliver it.

“The search for a new manager is underway and we hope to make an appointment in a
decisive and timely manner.”

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Saraki Issues Press Statement

CCT Defiance of Subsisting Court Order :

Our Stand
Following the development in the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) today, Friday, September 18, 2015 when the Tribunal chose to ignore the subsisting order of a Federal High Court by sitting, we hereby
state our position as follows:

1. While the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had stated and maintains that he is ready to submit himself to due process of the law on any
issue concerning him, he also believes he has an inalienable right to resort to the same judiciary for protection when he feels his fundamental rights are about to be infringed upon.

2. It is for this reason that Dr. Saraki, having satisfied himself that the case filed by the CCB and the manner in which the case was filed show that
he will not be given justice, resorted to the Federal High Court for the determination of the issues of competence of the prosecutor as well as
compliance with the procedure stipulated in the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act.

3. The Federal High Court on Thursday, September 17, 2015, therefore ordered that the all parties in the case should appear before it on Monday, September 21, 2015. The implication of this ruling
by a Court of competent jurisdiction is that the sitting today has been overtaken by event. It is for this reason that Dr. Saraki chose to go about with
his normal official schedule.

4. Today at the Tribunal, Counsel to the Senate President, Mr. M. A. Mahmud (SAN), raised a motion stating that there is a pending constitutional matter before the Federal High Court to be decided on Monday and that the Tribunal should hold the trial until the constitutional matter is disposed of.

5. We are however dismayed that the Tribunal chose to disregard the order of the Federal High Court and the motion to suspend hearing till Monday when all parties are expected to argue their positions on the constitutional matter.

6. It is also a surprise to us that despite the application by the lead counsel to the Senate President that he will produce Dr. Saraki on Monday and the personality of the person involved as the Number three man in the country, the
Tribunal insisted on issuing a warrant of arrest as if its intention is simply to embarrass Dr. Saraki. We are not unmindful of the fact that the Tribunal
is acting under political influence and external pressure. This is dangerous to our democracy.

7. The conduct of the Tribunal today left nobody in doubt that it cannot do justice on the matter before it. It is also clear that today's decision is an abuse of the rule of law which portends danger to our judicial system. The Tribunal has equally
set a bad precedent in the way and manner it conducted itself during the proceedings.

8. We want to emphasise the fact that this is not part of any war against corruption but using state institutions to fight political opponents and seeking to achieve through the back door what some people cannot get through democratic process.

9. We need to caution here that in a desperate bid to settle political scores and nail imaginary enemies, we should not destroy our democratic institutions and heat the polity for selfish reasons.
Let us all learn from history.

9. The Senate President is a law abiding citizen who will not do anything to undermine the judicial process and authority. However, Dr. Saraki will
always act to protect his fundamental human rights.

End

Signed

Yusuph Olaniyonu

Special Adviser (Media and Publicity) to the Senate
President.

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Breaking News: FG seeks warrant for Senate President Bukola Saraki’s arrest

The Federal Ministry of Justice has
asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, sitting in Abuja to issue bench warrant for the arrest of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki.

A deputy director in the office of the Attorney General of the Federation, Mr. M.S. Hassan, applied for the arrest order following Saraki’s refusal to appear before the tribunal to enter his plea to the13- count corruption charge against
him.

Saraki who was billed for arraignment this morning, sent his team of lawyers to serve the tribunal with a copy of the ruling of Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, which summoned
the Ministry of Justice to appear on Monday to show cause why the trial should be allowed to proceed.

Equally summoned by the court were the Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Danladi Umar and that of the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, Mr. Sam Saba, as well as Mr. Hassan who signed the
charge against Saraki.

Meanwhile, irked by Saraki’s absence at the tribunal for the commencement of his prosecution over alleged false declaration of assets, the Ministry of Justice prayed the Justice Umar-led
panel to order for his arrest, saying “he cannot sit in the comfort of his chamber and object to his trial in absentia”.
The prosecution further maintained that Justice Mohammed lacked the powers to summon the CCT and CCB chairmen, even as it accused Saraki of engaging in “forum shopping” in a desperate bid to scuttle his trial.

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UNILAG shut down as students protest electrocution

Academic and social activities in University of Lagos, UNILAG, Akoka, were Wednesday, suspended as scores of students from the higher institution trooped to the streets to protest the death of one of their own.

The deceased Oluchi Anekwe was a 300 level student from the Department of Accountancy who was electrocuted on Tuesday was electrocuted near a female hostel Madam Tinubu Hall, located
within the school.

One of the students who from the
Faculty of Science said  the deceased left her room to await one of her friends who was bringing a course material when suddenly an electricity cable fell on her near a new generation bank and she was electrocuted on the spot.

The deceased was said to be a First Class student before her untimely death around 7.30pm of that fateful day and she was rushed to the hospital but
was pronounced dead on arrival.

Eye witnesses’ account said the protest which lasted for about six hours was said to have kicked off from the main gate of the school as the protesters barricaded entrance preventing visitors
and vehicular movement in and out of the school premises.

The protesters carried placards singing solidarity songs and shut down the main entrance of the school while the school Vice Chancellor Professor Rahaman Bello later came to address them and said the incident was not the fault of the school but that of power distribution clompany.

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Okagbare Banned from Rio Olympic

Following her decision to skip the 2015 All Africa Games, the National Sports Commission and the Athletics Federation of Nigeria have placed a ban
on sprinter, Blessing Okagbare; excluding her from representing the country, at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.

Okagbare, had a dismal outing at the IAAF World championships in Beijing, China. She claimed that injury forced her out of the competition, where Nigerians expected her to win a medal having run
the third fastest time of the season in the 100m.

After the Beijing meet, Okagbare told officials of the AFN not to expect her in Congo. But amazingly, she showed up in Zurich, full of life and energy.

She ran 10.98 seconds in the Diamond League, much to the chagrin of athletics officials who gave her the benefit of the doubt because of her purported injury.

The NSC and the AFN examined the circumstances bordering her decision to dock the AAG, and came to the conclusion to deny the athlete any chance ofappearing in next year’s Olympics.

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Buhari Reveals Why He Appointed More Notherners

President Muhammadu Buhari has broken his silence on his appointments, which many Nigerians have described as “lopsided”.

Buhari in an interview with BBC Hausa on Tuesday said the Constitution allowed him full control over the choice of his closest officials.

The president assured that he was not ignoring some section of his society in his appointments, explaining that those he appointed were some of his most trusted associates.

Responding to the interviewer’s question on the controversy generated by the appointments, Buhari
said “This is the nature of Nigerian politics”.

“If they will do justice to me, as an elected Nigerian president, let them look at the Constitution a Nigerian president works with, there are people who will closely work with me that don’t need to be taken to the Senate.

“If I select people whom I know quite well in my political party, whom we came all the way right from the APP, CPC and APC, and have remained together in good or bad situation, the people I have
confidence in and I can trust them with any post, will that amount to anything wrong?

“I have been with them throughout our trying times, what then is the reward of such dedication and suffering?

“They did not defect because of positions, they did not involve themselves in the pursuit of personal gains, and they accepted their fate throughout our trying moments.

“What is wrong if I make you the secretary (of the federal government) because I have confidence that things will go normal?”

On the abducted Chibok girls missing since April 2014, Buhari said the Boko Haram sect had “have scattered them, and are being guarded at dispersed
locations.
“Most of the girls are Christians and were forced to embrace Islam. And the sect’s cruel leaders have married some of the girls, obviously against their wish. Others have been left to practice their
religion but their condition could hardly be ascertained.

“Both ground and air security personnel in the Sambisa forest could spot where the girls are, but since the insurgents have also kidnapped housewives and other women, no one could say whether they mixed them or how they dispersed
them.”

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LORD LUGARDS MAGIC AND FLORA SHAWS SPELL...........by Femi Fani-Kayode

In 1916, Lord Frederick John Dealtry Lugard, the
1st Baron Lugard, the fourteenth Governor of Hong
Kong and the first Governor-General of Nigeria,
said the following:
“Lagos has for 20 years opposed every Governor
and has fomented strife and bloodshed in the
hinterland. I have spent the best part of my life in
Africa; my aim has been the betterment of the
natives for whom I have been ready to give my
life. But after some 29 years, and after nearly 12
years as Governor here, I am free to say that the
people of Lagos and indeed the westerners are the
lowest, the most seditious and disloyal, the most
purely prompted by self-seeking money motives of
any people I have met.”
As if that were not bad enough, two years later, on
September 25th 1918, in a letter to his colleague
Walter H. Lang, Lugard wrote the following:
"The Hausa-Fulani has no ideals, no ambitions
save such as sensual in character. He is a fatalist,
spendthrift and a gambler. He is gravely immoral
and is seriously diseased that he is a menace to
any community to which he seeks to attach
himself."
Lugard's words are utterly reprehensible. They
represent the most appalling examples of racial
stereotyping that I have ever seen. Yet he didn't
stop there. In his book titled 'The Dual
Mandate' (pg. 70) 1926 he wrote the following:
"In character and temperament, the typical African
of this race-type is a happy, thriftless, excitable
person. LACKING IN SELF-CONTROL, DISCIPLINE,
AND FORESIGHT. Naturally courageous, and
naturally courteous and polite, full of personal
vanity, with little sense of veracity, fond of music
and loving weapons as an oriental loves jewelry.
HIS THOUGHTS ARE CONCENTRATED ON THE
EVENTS AND FEELINGS OF THE MOMENT, and he
suffers little from the apprehension for the future,
or grief for the past. His mind is far nearer to the
animal world than that of the European or Asiatic,
and exhibits something of the animals' placidity
and want of desire to rise beyond the State he has
reached. Through the ages THE AFRICAN APPEARS
TO HAVE EVOLVED NO ORGANIZED RELIGIOUS
CREED, and though some tribes appear to believe
in a deity, the religious sense seldom rises above
pantheistic animalism and seems more often to
take the form of a vague dread of the supernatural
. HE LACKS THE POWER OF ORGANIZATION, and is
conspicuously deficient in the management and
control alike of men or business. HE LOVES THE
DISPLAY OF POWER, but fails to realize its
responsibility... he will work hard with a less
incentive than most races. He has the courage of
the fighting animal, an instinct rather than a moral
virtue... In brief, the virtues and defects of this
race-type are those of attractive children, whose
confidence when it is won is given ungrudgingly as
to an older and wiser superior and without
envy...Perhaps the two traits which have
impressed me as those most characteristic of the
African native are HIS LACK OF APPREHENSION
AND HIS LACK OF ABILITY TO VISUALIZE THE
FUTURE."
There can be little doubt that this arrogant
englishman was a rabid racialist who had nothing
but the deepest contempt for our people. He was
also one of the most uncouth and vulgar souls that
ever polluted our shores with his unwholesome
and malevolent presence.
It is one of the greatest ironies of modern history
that this ignorant seafarer was the individual that
recommended to the British Colonial Office that the
Northern and Southern Protectorates of Nigeria and
the Lagos colony, should all be merged into one
large country.
That recommendation was accepted and
consequently Lord Lugard can legitimately be
described as the chief architect of modern-day
Nigeria.
It was actually Lord Lugard's wife, Miss Flora
Shaw, that proposed the name Nigeria for our
country. This was done in an article that she wrote
for the London Times on January 8th 1897. She
and Lugard got married five years later in June
1902 after which she became known as Lady Flora
Lugard.
Shaw was well connected. Her mother was a
French lady of Mauritian stock by the name of
Marie Adrienne Josephine and her father was
Major-General George Shaw, a respected British
army officer. She was colonial editor of the Times
of London where she wrote an influential weekly
column titled ''The Colony''.
She was not only stunningly beautiful but she also
had vision and substance. Given that, one finds it
difficult to comprehend what an enterprising and
extraordinary woman like this found attractive in an
abominable scalywag like Lord Lugard. I daresay
that this was a classic case of the beauty and the
beast.
Despite his pretensions of love Lugard despised
the numerous ethnic nationalities of Nigeria and he
continuously expressed his contempt for us with
his insulting and condescending commentaries.
Perhaps his best known intervention was made in
1914 in a letter that he wrote to the British
government just a few weeks prior to the
amalgamation. He wrote as follows:
"What we often call the Northern Protectorate of
Nigeria today can be better described as the poor
husband whilst it's southern counterpart can be
fairly described as the rich wife or the woman of
substance and means. A forced union of marriage
between the two will undoubtedly result in peace,
prosperity and marital bliss for both husband and
wife for many years to come. It is my prayer that
that union will last forever".
From this contribution it is clear that ours was a
''forced'' union. It is also clear that Lugard saw
northern Nigeria as a ''poor husband'' that needed
constant attention and support whilst he saw
southern Nigeria as nothing more than a ''rich
wife'' or a ''woman of substance and means''
whose plight was to be constantly pillaged and
ravished.
This was his vision: a northern Nigeria that was
essentially the ''head of the household'' and that
would remain in control of all the power and
resources of the state and a southern Nigeria that
would play the role of a passive and subservient
wife whose destiny it was to remain in perpetual
subjugation and bondage.
Sadly this was the crooked foundation upon which
our union was built. What made it even worse was
the fact that the so-called ''southern wife'' and
''northern husband'' were never asked if they
wanted the marriage in the first place.
The truth is that the British colonialists were
masters of divide and rule. The amalgamation of
the southern and northern protectorates was a
Greek gift which was designed to fail and to
crumble at the appropriate time. Nigerians have
done well to have held it together for so long and
the fact that we have only experienced one civil
war is miraculous.
Despite all pretensions, the only thing that has
kept us together is the oil of the Niger-Delta and
the extraordinary resilience, patience, faith,
fortitude, zeal and strength of the Nigerian people
themselves.Mr. Sola Adebowale, a writer,
understood the mindset of Lord Lugard. He
captured it rather well on Facebook in 2014 when
he wrote the following:
''Lugard was a stark illiterate and it was quite
unfortunate that that was the best that imperial
Britain could send to Africa. Hence he was noted
to have vehemently opposed native education for
Africans. And he was said to have loathed the
educated and sophisticated Africans of the
southern coastal regions who had been educated
by the Christian Missionaries before him and
instead wined and dined and positioned the
uneducated feudal hordes of Africa to the forefront
of leadership of Africa. Is that not the albatross
against many African nations till date? Hence the
moral right of Devil Lugard to pontificate about
Africans is questionable''.
Mr. Adebowale has hit the nail on the head. I
concur with his submissions.
Permit me to end this contribution with an
interesting aside. It is generally agreed though not
commonly admitted that both Lugard and Flora
Shaw were Luciferians who practiced the black arts
and all manner of satanic rituals.
He was a "High Priest of the Freemasons" whilst
they were both avid folllowers of Aleister Crowley,
the leading satanist of his day and the self-styled
"worlds most wicked man".
This explains a lot. It also explains why Shaw gave
us the name "Nigeria"- a name which has
questionable roots. Anyone that doubts this should
consider the literal translation of Nigeria from latin:
it means "the area of darkness" and there is a
deep spiritual and mystical reason that she gave
us that name. It comes with a lot of baggage
because not much good can come out of an area
of darkness.
Most of the former British colonies changed their
names after independence for similar reasons but
because most of our leaders in Nigeria were not
aware of these matters they refused to do so.
Lugard and Shàw were an unlikely couple who had
no children. What held them together was more
spiritual and mystical than anything else and
Nigeria and the Sudan are their joint legacy to the
world.
Sadly both countries are having major challenges
today. Sudan has broken into two after a
protracted and bitter civil war whilst Nigeria is
experiencing serious regional, ethnic and religious
tensions. It is clear that our nation needs a good
deal of prayer. May God deliver us from Lord
Lugard's magic and his beautiful wife's spell.

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Barcelona named Club of the Year

The European Club Association (ECA), has announced
Barcelona as the Club of the Year, after they won the
Treble in the 2014/2015 season.
Luis Enrique’s team was magnificent last term, as
they won the Champions League, La Liga and Copa
del Rey in his debut season.
Barcelona were on track to clinch a totally
unprecedented sextet, but were beaten by Athletic
Bilbao in the Spanish Super Cup last month.
It did not, however, affect their chances of claiming
Best Club of the Year on Monday in an award
ceremony in Geneva.
Arsenal took home The Best Community and Social
Responsibility Programme reward, for their efforts in
working with the local London community to tackle
the growing level of youth employment in the area.
Estonian club, Levadia Tallinn, was given the ECA
award for Best Achievement.

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NIGERIAN PRESIDENT OR KING OF THE NORTH? ...by Femi Fani-Kayode

In 418 B.C.
Herodotus, the Greek philosopher
who is known as the ‘’father of history’’, said "a man who does not know anything about the events that took place before he or she was
born will remain forever a child.’’
Not only was he right but one must go a step further by saying that those who refuse to learn from their history are condemned to repeating its mistakes.

In 1957, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Saurdana of Sokoto and the Premier of the North, said the following: "We the people of the north will continue our stated intention to conquer the south and to dip the Koran in the Atlantic ocean after the British leave our shores."

Three years later, on 12 th October 1960, he went a step further by saying the following words to the Parrot Newspaper: “The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our
great grandfather Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of power. We must use the minorities in the North as willing tools and the South as a conquered territory and never allow them to rule over us and never allow them to have control over their future”.

That same year he said: "I will allow Sir
Tafawa Balewa to go and become Prime
Minister and lead the unbelievers of the south whilst I will stay in the north and lead the faithful".

One year later, in a television interview with the BBC (which can still be viewed on YouTube) he was asked whether his ''Northernisation policy'' would be a temporary or permanent feature.
His response was as follows. ''In actual fact the policy is a northerner first. If you cannot get a northerner then you get an expatriate like yourself on contract. If we cannot get that then we will employ another Nigerian from the south
on contract too. This is going to be a
permanent policy as far as I forsee''.

Not to be outdone, in January 1947 on the floor of the Northern House of Assembly, Sir Tafawa Balewa, a man that was to become the first Prime Minister of Nigeria 13 years later, said the following words:

“We do not want our Southern neighbours to interfere in our development. We have never associated ourselves with the activities of these people. We do not know them, we do not
recognise them, and we share no responsibility in their actions. We shall demand our rights when the time is ripe. If the British quit Nigeria now at this stage, the Northern people would continue their uninterrupted conquest to the sea”.

The passion for the total domination of the Nigerian state by the north has not in any way diminished over the years. As a matter of fact it appears to have become even more pronounced and, for some, it has become an obsession. Consider the following.

On 2nd October 2014, one Aliyu Gwarzo said the following to Pointblanknews:
”When I say that the Presidency must come to the north next year I am referring to the Hausa-Fulani core north and not any northern christian or minority tribe. The Christians in the north are nothing and the minorities know that when we are talking about leadership in the north and in Nigeria, Allah has given it to us, the Hausa-
Fulani. They owe us everything. This is
because we gave them Islam through the great Jihad waged by Sheik Usman Dan Fodio. We liberated all these places and all these people by imposing islam on them by force. It was either the Koran or the sword and most of them chose the Koran. In return for the good works
of our forefathers Allah, through the British, gave us Nigeria to rule and to do with as we please.
Since 1960 we have been doing that
and we intend to continue. No Goodluck or anyone else will stop us from taking back our power next year. We will kill, maim, destroy and turn this country into Africa’s biggest war zone and refugee camp if they try it. Many say we are behind Boko Haram. My answer is what
do you expect? We do not have economic power or intellectual power. All we have is political power and they want to take even that from us. If they don’t want an ISIS in Nigeria then they must give us back the Presidency and our political power. Their soldiers are
killing our warriors and our people every day but mark this: even if it takes one hundred years we will have our revenge. Every Fulani man that they kill is a debt that will be repaid even if it takes 100 years. The Fulani have very
long memories”.

The full text of Gwarzo's contribution can be read on Pointblanknews or elsewhere. His words are self-explanatory and they need no further analysis. Thankfully his views do not
represent the thinking of the majority of Hausa Fulani people but he does speak for a dangerous and vocal minority and his words constitute a clear statement of intent. Simply put, it is his desire to conquer and subjugate southern Nigeria and to restore northern domination and supremacy in the affairs of our
nation in perpetuity.

The quest for northern domination in the affairs of our country is as old as the hills. It led to a brutal civil war between 1967 and 1970 in which millions were killed. It led to pogrom after pogrom and slaughter after slaughter in the north. It led to a series of military coups
and counter coups.
In 1991 it led to a coup by Major Gideon Orkar which, if it had been successful, would have resulted in the excision
of the core northern states from our country.
It led to the annulement of Chief MKO Abiola’s presidential election of June 12th 1993 which almost resulted in a second civil war.

It led to the brutal suppression of the south by General Sani Abacha and the murder, torture, incarceration and exile of many southern leaders. It led to stiff opposition to the government of President Olusegun Obasanjo in the north which came in the guise ''political
sharia''. And finally it led to it’s most barbaric and hideous expression in the relentless opposition to the regime of President Goodluck Jonathan which came in the form of Boko Haram.
Judging from recent events, with President Buhari now in power it appears that those that have been lusting for total northern domination for the last 55 years have finally had their way.

The inability to think deeply or profoundly is a curse. The inability to read widely and learn from others is a pitiful and costly affliction. If there were ever a time for profound thinking and deep and sober reflection when it comes to the affairs of our nation it is now. I say this because only three months after President Buhari has been sworn into office the power configuration, vis a vis north and south, has resulted in the following mess.

1. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria -north.
2.Senate President- north.
3. Speaker of the House of Representatives- north.
4. Chief Justice of the Federation- north. 5. President of the Court of Appeal north. 6. Chief Justice of the Federal High Court- north.
7. Secretary to the Federal Government- north.
8. Chief of Staff to the President- north. 9. Chief of Army Staff-north.
10. Chief of Air Staff- north.
11.Comptroller General of Customs north.
12.Director-General of State Security Services (SSS)- north.
13. National Security Advisor-north.
14. Director General NIMASA- north.
15.Chairperson of the Independant Electoral Commission (INEC)- north.
16. Comptroller-General Immigration- north.
17. Accountant-General of the Federation - north.
18.Commander of Civil Defence Corps- north.
19.Chief Security Officer to the President- north.
20. ADC to the President- north.
21. Principal Secretary to the President- north.
22. Senior Special Assistant to the President on media-north.
23. Chairman of the EFCC- north.
24. MD Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA)- north.
25. Head of Service north. 26. DG National Communication Commission (NCC)- north.
27.Chairman NDLEA- north. 28. CEO AMCON-north.

There is no gainsaying that this is
unacceptable. Some of us warned that this would happen but we were insulted and lampooned for doing so. These appointments are not only lopsided but they are also a manifestation of the fact that in just three months southern Nigeria has finally been relegated to being little more than an occupied region and a vassal state.
The people of the south appear to have been placed in servitude and bondage. Our chains may be invisible but they are very much there.

The question must be asked: is Buhari the President of Nigeria or is he the King of the north? Some have argued that the federal character formula has no place in our affairs anymore and that merit ought to be the only criteria for government appointments.
Permit me to quote a young man from twitter who responded to that absurd logic rather well by saying ‘’if federal character isn't important, why is the Vice President also not from Daura?
Educated people should not speak like
illiterates’’.

Others have said that we should wait for the ministerial list and that after that things would balance out. Again this is absurd logic and those that spout such convoluted thrash appear to have forgotten the fact that the President is
compelled by law and the constitution to appoint a Minister from every state of the federation, including each of the southern states.

Whether he is President of Nigeria or King of the north Buhari would do well to retrace his steps. The consequences of not doing so for both his government and the unity of our country will be grave and costly.

The south cannot be subjugated and treated with contempt and the people of the south will never be slaves. Fairness and equity in the distribution of national resources and key government appointments are a fundamental pre-requisite for peace, security and national unity in our country.
It has served our collective interest well for many years. Those that seek to upset the applecart and jettison it today are not considering the inevitable and monumental consequences of their actions. Power may have returned to the north but the people of the south must be treated with respect, sensitivity,
dignity, fairness and decency. Those that refuse to accept this counsel and that insist on charting a different course do so at their own peril.

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