GISU PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANT; EMMANUEL FINAL MESSAGE:-
THIS AMBITION IS A TESTAMENT THAT YOU TOO CAN DREAM, THAT YOUR GOALS ARE VALID AND YOUR CLAIMS AREN'T "TOO HIGH"
WHEN I STARTED LEADING IN AS A YOUNG TEENAGE BOY, THEY SAID I AM TOO SMALL
WHEN I WAS TEACHING TUTORIALS FOR FREE, THEY SAID HE IS TRYING TOO HARD.
WHEN I CONTESTED FOR THE CHAIRMAN OF AWO HALL, THEY SAID NO ONE KNOWS HIM.
NOW, THEY ARE SAYING WE DO NOT WANT A "INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT."
BUT WHERE WERE THEY WHEN I AND OTHER GALLANT MEN STOPPED THE MID-SEMSTER RENOVATION OF BLOCK 7 & 8 THAT WAS SUPPOSE TO AFFECT OVER 2,500 STUDENTS?
BUT WHERE WERE THEY WHEN I TAUGHT TUTORIALS FOR OVER 2 YEARS WITHOUT A PAYCHECK, HAVING TO NOT SLEEP ON MY BED FOR MOST NIGHTS?
I HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THE WEIGHT OF LEADERSHIP CAN NOT BE REDUCED TO OPINIONS, THE BURDEN OF PURPOSE CAN NOT BE INTERRUPTED BY EXTERNAL FORCES NEITHER CAN THIS CAUSE BE LIMITED BY NAYSAYERS.
GREAT IFE,
HAVING WATCHED FOR YOURSELF THE MANIFESTO, COMBINE THAT WITH MY ACADEMIC & POLITICAL RECORDS, YOU STAND AT A CROSSROAD WITH YET ONE CLEAR DISTINCT LINE, LET CONCIOUSNESS & CONSCIENCE GUIDE YOUR CHOICE.
LET'S SALVAGE THIS UNION TOGETHER
YOURS IN SERVICE,
EMMANUEL.
"The measure of leadership is not the absence of challenges, but the courage to confront them and the vision to rise above them."
LATEEF AKEEM OMOTAYO (EMMANUEL) FOR GREAT IFE STUDENTS' UNION PRESIDENT
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JULY 10 WE REMEMBER
Today,we pause to remember George"Afrika" Iwilade,Eviano Ekelenu,Yemi Ajiteru,Babatunde Oke,and Godfrey Ekpede the OAU Five.
This day in 1999,their lives were cut short in a brutal cult attack dat shook Obafemi Awolowo University and the nation
#notocultism
July 10, 1999, at Obafemi Awolowo University, Black Axe brutally murdered George Iwilade (Afrika) and four others in cold blood.
George Iwilade, a.k.a "Afrika" 21-year-old, 300-level Law student and Secretary-General of the Student Union was a fearless, brilliant student and easily recognized for his traditional attire.
He openly fought against cultism on campus.
Afrika led the raid in school were Black axe was gathering, they seized guns, axe, dagger, black clothing and regalia of the Black Axe confraternity.
The nine students were handed to the university authorities and the local police. The suspects were discharged and acquitted by a magistrate court after the evidence mysteriously went missing during the trial.
Then came the revenge:- Friday night, July 9, 1999, thousands of Kegites from other universities across Nigeria gathered at the OAU campus for their festival.
The crowd was massive. There was loud singing, drumming, and palm wine drinking. 40 masked Black Axe members wearing black used this opportunity to enter the campus unnoticed.
By 3-4 a.m, July 10 , They entered the students hostel shouting the names of specific student union leaders, firing guns.
They entered Awolowo hall, Room 273, Block 8, Africa was shot on head in the bed while sleeping and repeatedly cut with an axe, leaving him with no chance of survival.
They searched for the SUG President Lanre Adeleke ("Legacy"), who escaped through the balcony.
Four innocent students were killed, Eviano Ekelemu - a 400-level medical student who met them on the way, Babatunde Oke, Efe Ekpede and Yemi Ajiteru, a graduating student who only returned to campus to clear his carryover.
This is one of the darkest chapters in the history of Nigerian universities which brought the country to a standstill.
Today is 27 years and every July 10, students, alumni, and civil society groups organize candlelight processions, symposiums, and remembrance marches for the OAU 5.
George Iwilade "Afrika" lost his life but his story continues to inspire generations of OAU students.
The 2nd pics is Omoleye Sowore (1st) with Afrika (3rd) during a school protest)
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For thousands of years, babies slept with their mothers. When they cried, they were attended to. Then two men came along: Dr. Holt and John B. Watson. They said babies should be trained. That babies had to fit the assembly line schedules of their parents. "Newborns must cry to expand their lungs," they claimed. "Simply let them cry it out." And that's how the "cry it out" sleep training method was born. Watson treated babies like experiments. "Never hug or kiss your child," he wrote. "Shake hands with them in the morning." After all, mothers needed rest, to attend to their husbands and households. Watson had four children. Three attempted suicide. One succeeded. And we still follow it today. Because once you convince a mother to ignore her baby's cries, you've broken something primal.