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@avagoldcoin @Mrs__Sanee @mrs_SaneeAH

[LERRY @_AsiwajuLerry]

AFCON wouldn’t be AFCON if you never made it to the Final.

Dear Super Eagles, we are proud of you all. 🇳🇬❤️

[Femi Fani-Kayode @realFFK]

... How many knew that it was only in the 1950's that Nigerians were allowed to live in the area of Lagos known as Ikoyi & that this came about only as a consequence of the long & bitter struggle & great & irresistible agitation of the proud & noble Nigerian leaders of the old Lagos colony of that day.

Up until then Ikoyi was a residential area that was the exclusive preserve of the Europeans!

How many have heard about Justice Victor Adedapo Kayode, my Cambridge-University trained paternal grandfather who was one of the leading criminal lawyers of his generation, who was the third Nigerian to be appointed as a Magistrate (in those days all our judges were white) & who landed a dirty slap on the face of a British colonial officer in broad daylight outside the front door of the old Bristol Hotel in Lagos for his insolence, impertinence & overtly racist remarks!

The following day the matter was reported in the newspapers & it created quite a stir!

How many know about what really happened during our civil war & what led to it?

How many know about President Shehu Shagari & the 2nd Republic & how many have any knowledge of Chief MKO Abiola in the 3rd?

How many know about military rule in Nigeria & who the main players were & how many have any idea about the coups & attempted coups we have experienced since independence?

Sadly most Nigerians, particularly in the Gen Z generation, know NOTHING about their nations past and its major players & even when they do that knowledge is sparse, scanty, shallow &, more often than not, minimal, inconsequential & obscure.

It is a tragedy & one of the reasons that yours truly has written this contribution about the relevance of Jan. 15th in our calender is to at least attempt to enlighten those that are intelligent enough to appreciate the importance of history & that have no idea why we even have or celebrate an Armed Forces Remebrance Day or where our seemingly unending troubles & turmoil really started.

Consider the following.

Today is Armed Forces Remembrance Day & it is a day that we are constrained to rembember our fallen heroes.

Many in the younger generation do not know why this particular day was chosen to commemorate those that fell & the tragic events that led to their brutal murder.

Permit me to enlighten those that know no better & to share the facts.

58 years ago today, on Jan. 15th 1966, a bloody, vicious, merciless, unrelenting & violent mutiny took place in our Armed Forces in which many of our reverred, respected & beloved political leaders & senior military officers, together with some members of their respective families, were humiliated, tortured, mutilated & finally murdered in cold blood.

Those that were killed were Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, the Prime Minister, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto & Premier of the old Northern Region, Chief S.L. Akintola, the Premier of the old Western Region, Brigadier Zakariya Maimalari, Colonel James Pam, Brigadier Samuel Ademulegun, Colonel Ralph Sodeinde, Chief Festus Okotie-Eboh, the Minister of Finance, Colonel Arthur Unegbe, Colonel Kur Mohammed, Lt. Colonel Abogo Largema, Mrs. Hafsatu Bello, the wife of the Sardauna of Sokoto, Zarumi, the bodyguard of the Sardauna of Sokoto, Mrs. Lateefat Ademulegun, the wife of Brigadier Ademulegun, Ahmed B. Musa, Ahmed Pategi, Sgt. Daramola Oyegoke, PC Yohana Garkawa, PC Musa Nimzo, PC Akpan Anduka, PC Hagai Lai & PC Philip Lewande.

Two others were also abducted by the mutineers from their homes that night and brutalised. Thankfully they both managed to escape with their lives.

The first was Chief Remi Adetokunboh Fani-Kayode KC, SAN, CON, the Balogun of Ile-Ife & Deputy Premier of the old Western Region (my beloved father).

I witnessed some of the events of that night when, led by one Captain Emmanuel Nwobosi, they came to our home & official residence in Government House, Ibadan & abducted him.

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[Peacock @dawisu]

Aminu isnt a terrorist that should be locked up & denied access to his family & lawyer, what he did was wrong but what is being done to him is worst. He should be released or charged to court. The commando type of picking up citizens without due process is unacceptable #FreeAminu

[PureRoots Botanicals @PureRoots23]

@AndreX_O Enlightenment you call that??? It’s clear disrespect, all the rules have been stated so what are you saying???

[PureRoots Botanicals @PureRoots23]

@Meripairrgang There’s nothing brave about this, it’s clear disrespect I hope he gets the punishment he deserves

[PureRoots Botanicals @PureRoots23]

🤣🤣🤣 never

[Haske💡 @Sister_Aeee]

@teemaash

[PureRoots Botanicals @PureRoots23]

Ameen chiggs 🤣🤣🤣

[Haske💡 @Sister_Aeee]

The next person I see glorifying the SUFFERNESS he/she went through in public university and looking down on those who studied abroad or in private universities im blocking your a** right away. Allah yaci gaba da dora muku wahalar da kukeso 🙄

[PureRoots Botanicals @PureRoots23]

@Sister_Aeee Sometime between May/June 😩😩😩