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[Eke Ikechukwu Crispus @ice4eke2]

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[An Uncle named Chiké 🌤 @Unclechike1]

ANCIENT HATRED:

The Yoruba political class and their Yoruba Ronu Rascals claim to despise Nnamdi Kanu because, according to them, he is divisive, militant, and seeks the breakup of Nigeria.

By that logic, one would expect Peter Obi to be treated differently. After all, Obi has consistently preached peace, participation, and engagement within the Nigerian state.

Events from 2019, however, have exposed their duplicity and hypocrisy. It is becoming increasingly clear to Nigerians who doubted that the hatred and hostility directed at both men has absolutely nothing to do with political ideology and everything to do with their shared ethnicity~ IGBO.

Tinubu's Yoruba Ronu slaves appear remarkably consistent in one regard: their resentment is not reserved for any particular Igbo person or political persuasion. It extends across politics, business, commerce, and virtually every sphere of national life. Focused on stealing IGBO and Eastern Oil and Gas, their target remains IGBO existence itself. They need the IGBO down and subservient like they are to the Fulani. They're learning the impossibity of that dream.

But who are the biggest losers in all of this?
The Obidient who joins enemies of the IGBO in branding him a terrorist. And the IPOB or Biafran supporter who spends more time attacking Peter Obi than confronting the forces that oppose both men.

Both are fighting the wrong battle.
As I have always maintained, Peter Obi and Nnamdi Kanu are not mutually exclusive. They can coexist, and MUST coexist.

The sooner their both supporters understand this, the better.

[Greg Nwoko 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 @nwoko_greg62705]

This is the famous “aircraft graveyard” at Benin City Airport, Edo State.

The photo shows Okada Air’s abandoned fleet.

Okada Air. Owned by Chief Gabriel Igbinedion, the Esama of Benin. In the late 80s/early 90s it was Nigeria’s biggest private airline. Nicknamed “The Airline of the Nation” because tickets were cheap and flights were frequent.

Most of his jets are BAC-1-11s, British Aircraft Corporation 1-11.

That’s the twin-engine jet with engines mounted at the back and T-tail.

You can spot them by the rear engines and the shape.

Okada had one of the largest BAC-1-11 fleets in Africa.

You can also see a few other types mixed in: some Fokkers and maybe a Boeing 707/727 in there too, under the hangar.

Why they’re abandoned:
1997 shutdown: NCAA grounded Okada Air in 1997 over safety/maintenance issues.

The airline never recovered. After grounding, Chief Igbinedion couldn’t afford maintenance, insurance, or parking fees. The planes just sat there.

Over the years, engines, avionics, seats, anything valuable got stripped and sold. What’s left are the “shells” you see in your photo.

Benin Airport became their final parking lot. Locals call it an “aviation museum” or “boneyard”.

BAC-1-11 note:
BAC-1-11 was a popular short-haul jet in the 60s-80s.

Quiet cabin, but by the 90s it was old, noisy, and fuel-hungry.

Most airlines retired them. Okada kept flying them because they were cheap to buy second-hand.

Today, Benin Airport still has a few of these rusting frames. FAAN tried to clear some in 2018, but many remain. It’s a symbol of Nigeria’s 90s aviation boom-and-bust.

[Succes Nweke @RealDsuccess]

The ARABA MOVEMENT in Northern Nigeria is poised to resurge in late 2027 and early 2028 — roughly six decades after its original emergence.
Biafrans (Eastern) in the north should begin thinking very differently. This is not another routine “come home” appeal. The wave of 1966 pogroms will pale into child’s play compared to what is coming.

[Nedu Ani @Nedumcity_]

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never killed a General or any soldier.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never negotiated with terrorists.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never shut down an Airforce Jet.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never kidnapped children or adults.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never asked for ransom or tax.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never raped anyone.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu never carried any gun or firearm.

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was called terrorist and sentenced to Sokoto Prison with American Law that doesn’t exist anywhere in Nigeria while people that did all the above mentioned are arrested, rehabilitated and reintegrated into the society.

[Uchenna Marvin  @MarvinUchenna_]

Exactly 1 year and 42 days ago today.

Defense counsel Agabi (SAN): “Did you find any instrument of terrorism on the defendant?”

DSS Witness (AAA): “No”

“No instrument of Terrorism found on Kanu”

A Thread 🧵

RT to Educate someone.

[Eke Ikechukwu Crispus @ice4eke2]

IPOB is a disciplined institution, not a personal affair. We must reject every attempt by the Nigerian government to divide and distract us. No personal agendas, no family interference. Just one unified structure focused entirely on Biafra Restoration!

[Eke Ikechukwu Crispus @ice4eke2]

Many ask when the West will intervene for Biafra, sanction Tinubu, or free Nnamdi Kanu. The honest answer from inside the system? They won't.
Tagging politicians and filing lawsuits is wasted effort without a foundational global movement. To win, the strategy must change.

[Eke Ikechukwu Crispus @ice4eke2]

They have rescued the rich; what then happens to the poor children in the same Oyo State who were kidnapped long before them?

[Eke Ikechukwu Crispus @ice4eke2]

Heartbreaking news out of Borno State this weekend. Our soldiers are being brutally murdered by bandits while leadership fails to protect them.

​Nigeria cannot continue like this. Peter Obi is coming. 🇳🇬💔

[Eke Ikechukwu Crispus @ice4eke2]

Former military spokesman Maj. Gen. Rabe and his wife are currently held by terrorists demanding a prisoner exchange.
This is a man with nearly 30 years of military service to this nation. Is this how Nigeria rewards its heroes? Is leadership even awake to this nightmare? 💔🇳🇬

[Eke Ikechukwu Crispus @ice4eke2]

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[chizobam Okorie @jovita43151]

Fulani rapping the woman he abducted.

[Nigeria Stories @NigeriaStories]

“Any Insurgency that lasts more than 24 hours, a government official has a hand in it.”

~ Late General Sani Abacha

[Chimamanda❤️ @Chima_Obi1234]

This!!!

As I sat down to work this morning someone sent me this. Where do I start appraising how it has messed up my entire day.

She is someone's daughter. Someone's sister, cousin, niece and best friend.

And she could be my daughter, your daughter. My little sister, and yours.

We are in a big trouble.

Just imagine the mental torture they're going through with the daily thoughts their minds are throwing up.

Just imagining what she's being subjected to is enough to physically break the hearts of her parents.

Imagine a father feeling so useless and helpless in his inability to protect his daughter. Nothing destroys a man more than such thoughts gnawing at the seams of a man's guts.

Any government that has exhibited total incapacitation in the protection of lives of the citizens is a capital failure.

It doesn't matter whether they have grown the GDP to the top 10 biggest economies in the world.

It doesn't matter whether they have grown our external reserve to $1 trillion.

It doesn't matter if our revenue base has grown so much that we stopped borrowing.

It doesn't matter if the budget has been balanced with surplus.

It doesn't matter if the economy is experiencing double digit growth.

It doesn't matter if inflation has been reduced to a single digit.

It doesn't matter if a world class autobahn has been constructed to connect every nook and cranny of this country.

It doesn't matter if electricity is 247 across 744 local government areas of the country.

All these things are good if they're achieved, but nothing trumps safety. I mean relative safety both physically and mentally.

I know some of you will rush here with the excuses of examples of people who lost their lives in "saner" climes.

Nigerians have been so mentally terrorised that they would like to grow eyes at the back of their heads.

Unfortunately, not up to 5% of the population can afford to travel by air, so they'll have to enter the road with the full knowledge of a very high probability that they may not get to their destination.

Yet they'll have to go.

There's no level of trauma as devastating as this.

Unfortunately, there's nothing an average Nigerian can place his finger on to show that the government is aware of its own counterpart expectations of the social contract.

Not healthcare, not education, not potable water, not electricity, not good roads and above all, not protection of lives and property.

Nigerians provide themselves with electricity, water, roads, and even contribute to protect themselves.

Every Nigerian is a local government unto himself.

Yet they pay more for food, they pay more for fuel, electricity, transport, healthcare, school fees than they can ever remember in living memory.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), between March 2023 and April 2024, Nigerians spent N2.23 trillion in paying ransom for kidnapped victims.

That was a year our total national budget was M28 trillion. To put this in perspective, that N2.2 trillion is 7.8% of N28 trillion.

And this is a country where people lack the most basic of the basics for living.

Why can't the government just provide security so we can suffer in peace, at least.

Is this too much to ask?

I know many of you are more interested in the image of the government than the lives of your fellow citizens.

But please keep this family in your prayers.

At a time like this, we can't afford not to be one another's keeper.

Because we are all we've got.

NB: This post is specifically to raise awareness on the growing cases of kidn@pping and normalisation of ransom in the country. I have not confirmed the veracity of this particular case.

[Parallel Facts @ParallelFacts]

Irony Strikes: APC Chairman Who Praised Tinubu’s Record on Security Reportedly Kidnapped After Campaign Speech (VIDEO) https://t.co/C9mGFyzhBN