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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A MEETING OF SOUTH EAST LEADERS WITH PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO SOUTH EAST ON SATURDAY, 7″ NOVEMBER, 2020, AT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, LION BUILDING, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ENUGU

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After an intensive deliberation and dialogue in a meeting with the
presidential delegation led by Prof. Ibrahim A. Gambari, Chief of Staff to
Mr. President with the Inspector General of Police, Director General,
Department of State Services, Hon. Minister of Information, Federal
Ministers from South East with South East Governors and her leaders, today, 7 November, 2020, at Enugu Government House, we the
leaders of the South East made up of all the Governors, South East
National Assembly members, Federal Ministers of South East, Clergy
men and women, Traditional Rulers, Representatives of all the youth organizations in the South East, and student leadership, have resolved
as follows:

1. We thank Mr. President for sending this powerful delegation to visit our people and hear from us.
2. We thank Mr. President for all the great works he is doing at the second Niger Bridge, the Akanu Ibiam International Airport,
   dualized road of Enugu to Port Harcourt and some other projects in the South East.
3. Mr. President, we thank you so much for all your kind
   commitment in the struggle of our sister, Prof. Okonjo lweala to become the DG of the World Trade Organization. We are
   particularly grateful with the way you have engaged the world leaders to see her through the process. May God crown your efforts with success- Amen.
4. We request a joint operation into all our forests to flush out criminals and killer herdsmen with AK47, while pledging our
   commitment to continuous co-existence with herdsmen who have been living peacefully with us for years.
5. We pledge our undivided support and love to our President and his administration.
6. We, lgbo leaders stand for an indivisible and united Nigeria, built on love, fairness, equity and justice. We believe that under this
   platform, we are bigger and stronger.
7. We thank Mr. President for the speed and restraint with which he handled the demand of peaceful ENDSARS protesters, especially his commitment to drive Police Reform and mainstream youth empowerment and also for his courage to deal with hoodlums, criminals and those who hi-jacked the initial protests, to hide
   under the peaceful protest and kill, maim innocent citizens, security agents and public and private properties.
8. We sympathize with the families of civilians and security agencies, who lost their lives and properties during the ENDSARS protests (both peaceful and criminal protests).
9. South East Governors have set up Panels of Enquiry to deal with all infractions of human rights of our people and security agencies, compensation funds for all civilians and security men who lost their lives during the protest. We have also set up empowerment/employment fund to help more of our youth earn their lawful daily means of livelihood.
10. We, therefore, with humility, request our President, the father of our nation, to please look into the demands of the various groups of our people, as presented today, review same with a view to solving them. South East people believe in one Nigeria and this is the reason we are in every part of this country
    erecting infrastructures, living peacefully with our host communities and doing our businesses.
11. We pledge to continue to protect all the various ethnic groups living in South East. We enjoin them to go about their businesses peacefully. We thank Mr. President, Governors and traditional rulers in other parts of Nigeria for their commitment to protect our people, especially during and after the protests. We must continue to live in peace.
12. We appreciate Mr. President’s delegation for carefully listening to, engaging with stakeholders and undertaking to report
    faithfully to Mr. President for his consideration and necessary action.
13. We request Mr. President to commit the various presentations of all of us – Traditional Rulers, Religious leaders, the women group, the Ohaneze leadership and the youth groups,
    and give full support to actualizing these genuine demands.
14. We wish Mr. President’s delegation journey mercies as they travel back, as we pray to God to continue to guard our Presidents health and guide him, as he pilots the affairs of our
    nation.

HE, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE.
Governor, Ebonyi State and
Chairman, South East Governors’ Forum

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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE END OF A MEETING OF SOUTH EAST LEADERS WITH PRESIDENTIAL DELEGATION TO SOUTH EAST ON SATURDAY, 7″ NOVEMBER, 2020, AT THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
CHAMBERS, LION BUILDING, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, ENUGU

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After an intensive deliberation and dialogue in a meeting with the
presidential delegation led by Prof. Ibrahim A. Gambari, Chief of Staff to
Mr. President with the Inspector General of Police, Director General,
Department of State Services, Hon. Minister of Information, Federal
Ministers from South East with South East Governors and her leaders, today, 7 November, 2020, at Enugu Government House, we the
leaders of the South East made up of all the Governors, South East
National Assembly members, Federal Ministers of South East, Clergy
men and women, Traditional Rulers, Representatives of all the youth organizations in the South East, and student leadership, have resolved
as follows:

1. We thank Mr. President for sending this powerful delegation to visit our people and hear from us.
2. We thank Mr. President for all the great works he is doing at the second Niger Bridge, the Akanu Ibiam International Airport,
   dualized road of Enugu to Port Harcourt and some other projects in the South East.
3. Mr. President, we thank you so much for all your kind
   commitment in the struggle of our sister, Prof. Okonjo lweala to become the DG of the World Trade Organization. We are
   particularly grateful with the way you have engaged the world leaders to see her through the process. May God crown your efforts with success- Amen.
4. We request a joint operation into all our forests to flush out criminals and killer herdsmen with AK47, while pledging our
   commitment to continuous co-existence with herdsmen who have been living peacefully with us for years.
5. We pledge our undivided support and love to our President and his administration.
6. We, lgbo leaders stand for an indivisible and united Nigeria, built on love, fairness, equity and justice. We believe that under this
   platform, we are bigger and stronger.
7. We thank Mr. President for the speed and restraint with which he handled the demand of peaceful ENDSARS protesters, especially his commitment to drive Police Reform and mainstream youth empowerment and also for his courage to deal with hoodlums, criminals and those who hi-jacked the initial protests, to hide
   under the peaceful protest and kill, maim innocent citizens, security agents and public and private properties.
8. We sympathize with the families of civilians and security agencies, who lost their lives and properties during the ENDSARS protests (both peaceful and criminal protests).
9. South East Governors have set up Panels of Enquiry to deal with all infractions of human rights of our people and security agencies, compensation funds for all civilians and security men who lost their lives during the protest. We have also set up empowerment/employment fund to help more of our youth earn their lawful daily means of livelihood.
10. We, therefore, with humility, request our President, the father of our nation, to please look into the demands of the various groups of our people, as presented today, review same with a view to solving them. South East people believe in one Nigeria and this is the reason we are in every part of this country
    erecting infrastructures, living peacefully with our host communities and doing our businesses.
11. We pledge to continue to protect all the various ethnic groups living in South East. We enjoin them to go about their businesses peacefully. We thank Mr. President, Governors and traditional rulers in other parts of Nigeria for their commitment to protect our people, especially during and after the protests. We must continue to live in peace.
12. We appreciate Mr. President’s delegation for carefully listening to, engaging with stakeholders and undertaking to report
    faithfully to Mr. President for his consideration and necessary action.
13. We request Mr. President to commit the various presentations of all of us – Traditional Rulers, Religious leaders, the women group, the Ohaneze leadership and the youth groups,
    and give full support to actualizing these genuine demands.
14. We wish Mr. President’s delegation journey mercies as they travel back, as we pray to God to continue to guard our Presidents health and guide him, as he pilots the affairs of our
    nation.

HE, Engr. David Nweze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE.
Governor, Ebonyi State and
Chairman, South East Governors’ Forum

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GREAT GOD, DOING GREAT THINGS!Woman Delivers Five Babies (4 Males And 1 Female)

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32-year-old Ndidi Odo, wife of a Keke driver, is pictured with her adorable quintuplets, four boys and a girl.

The kids are named as follows: Akachukwu, Chiemelie, Chidiomimi, Chinweolu and Ezinwanne.

It is recalled that Nididi and her husband, Abuchi Odo, a native of Okpaligbo-Ogu in Nsukka, Enugu state, welcomed the quintuplets at God’s Mercy Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra state.

The couple, already, had four children (three females and a male) before the arrival of the quintuplets.

Nnewi businessman and philanthropist, Sir Lous Carter Onwugbenu, had offset their hospital bill after birth, and offered scholarship to the children up to the university level.

The kids are really doing well.

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PRESIDENT BUHARI CONGRATULATES BIDEN, SAYS NIGERIA LOOKS FORWARD TO GREATER COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES:

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President Muhammadu Buhari has congratulated former Vice President Joe Biden on his election as new President of the United States “at a time of uncertainty and fear in world affairs.”

The Nigerian leader said “your election is a significant reminder that democracy is the best form of government because it offers the people the opportunity to change their government by peaceful means.”
According to President Buhari, “the most powerful group are not the politicians, but voters who can decide the fate of the politicians at the polling booth.”

He noted that “the main fascination of democracy is the freedom of choice and the supremacy of the will of the people.”

The President added that “respect for the will of the people is the very reason why democracy remains the best form of government, despite its limitations from one polity to another, and from one society to another.”

According to him, “I am thrilled by the fact that you are an experienced politician who had served as Congressman for 40 years and a Vice President for eight years. This is a remarkable track record that gives us hope that you will add value to the presidency and world affairs.”

President Buhari also noted that, “with your election, we look forward to greater cooperation between Nigeria and the United States, especially at economic, diplomatic and political levels, including the war against terrorism.”

On international affairs, President Buhari urged Mr. Biden to “deploy your vast experience in tackling the negative consequences of nationalist politics on world affairs which have created divisions, conflicts and uncertainties.”

The Nigerian leader also called on Mr. Biden “to introduce greater engagement with Africa on the basis of reciprocal respects and shared interests.”

Garba Shehu

Senior Special Assistant to the President

(Media & Publicity)

November 7, 2020

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THE FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORPS (FRSC) ARE NOW PERMITTED TO CARRY GUN

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The House of Representatives Committee on Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that operatives of the corps will begin to bear firearms to curtail the excesses of road users in Nigeria.

The Committee made the disclosure during the FRSC 2020 budget performance and 2021 budget defence, on Thursday in Abuja.

Hon. Akinfolarin Mayowa, chairman of the FRSC panel explained that the 1992 Act of the corps allowed them to carry guns.

Mayowa said the implementation had become necessary to ensure laws were obeyed and to allow the road safety agency function effectively.

The committee would meet with Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and seek President Muhammadu Buhari’s appendage to implement the Act.

A member, Solomon Maren, added that the committee would discuss the matter with the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.

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“…All Returning Students Are To Pay COVID-19 Pandemic Prevention Fee Of Fifteen Thousand (N15,000) Naira Only, Ensure Registration Of Their Courses, To Be Eligible To Participate In The Examinations”.

Below Is The Full Text Of A Communique Passed To That Effect And Signed By The Registrar Of The Institution, Acho Elendu::

⬛ ABIA STATE UNIVERSITY
2020 RESUMPTION FOR COMPLETION OF FIRST SEMESTER,
2019/2020 ACADEMIC SESSION

This is to inform all Regular Students of Abia State University, that the
University resumed for the completion of First Semester, 2019/2020 Academic Session, on Monday, 26 October, 2020.

Having fumigated the Hostels and Lecturer halls, Students are expected
to return from Monday, 9 November, 2020. The First Semester, 2019/2020 Examinations will commence on Monday, 16h November, 2020.

All Returning Students are to pay a Pandemic Prevention Fee of Fifteen
Thousand (N15,000) Naira only, ensure Registration of their Courses, to be eligible to participate in the Examinations.
All payments should be made through the online payment system of the University, before commencement of the Examinations.

Please note, that it is for the Student’s health and that of others, that it will be necessary to show evidence of payment of the Pandemic Prevention Fee before entry into any of the Campuses. Parents, Guardians and the Public are to note, as appropriate.
All COVID-19 Protocols will be strictly observed.
Please be properly guided.

Acho Elendu
Registrar.

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YOU CAN’T CONTINUE TO DECIDE WHAT HAPPENS IN NIGERIA; THE COUNTRY MUST BE RESTRUCTURED, OHANEZE, AFANIFERE, PANDEF, MIDDLE BELT TELL NORTHERN LEADERS:

{…We Insist On Restructuring Of The Country Now Before We Go For Any National Election; Imagine A Situation Where Kano Has 44 LGAs And Bayelsa 8, The Forum Said}

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The Southern and Middle Belt Leaders Forum, SMBLF, on Wednesday, vowed that Northern leaders cannot continue to decide what happens in Nigeria, adding that it will no longer allow a section of the country to play any supremacist role over others.

The forum said this, in a communique, after an emergency meeting held in Abuja.

The communique was signed by Chief EK Clark (PANDEF Leader), AVM Idongesit Nkanga, Chief Broderick Bozimo, Mr. Solomon Asemota (SAN), Senator Bassey Henshaw, Prof GG Darah and Chief T k O Okorotie.

Others are Chief Ayo Adebanjo (for Afenifere Leader), Mr Yinka Odumakin, Senator Kofoworola Akerele-Buknor, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, Senator Femi Okunrounmu, Chief Supo Sonibare, Chief Demola Folarin, Dr. Akin Fapohunda.

Chief John Nwodo (President General, Ohanaeze), Chief Guy Ikokwu, Dr. Chukwuemeka Ezeife, Mr. Chuks Muomah SAN, Mr. Mike Ahamba SAN, Mr. Madu Bright O Allwell, Chuks Achi-Okpaga, Chief Alex Ogbonnia. Dr. Pogu Bitrus (President, Middle Belt Forum), Air Commoder Dan Suleiman (retd), Dr. S D Gani, Elder Stephen Bangoji, Hon Jonathan

Asake, Mr. Chris Aba, Mr. Mark Jacob and Mr. Festus Nyiwo.

Reacting to the meeting of Northern states’ Governors with Northern Emirs and Chiefs and Arewa leaders in topmost positions in the current regime held on Monday, the leaders reiterated it’s call for restructuring before the 2023 general elections.

The communique reads: “The meeting coming aftermath of the ENDSARS protest when we should be putting heads together nationally to seek solutions to our problems is most distractive, divisive and made Nigeria widely scattered as against the ‘indivisibility’ and other non-sequitors that were regurgitated at the end of it.

“Where would this country be heading to if we also decide to call our own meeting with our Governors and top officials in the Federal Government? We do not see any responsibility displayed by those who have been serially accused of sectionalising our national government to allow such in sensibility, insensitivity and total subversion of the unity of the country that only exists on the lips of those behind the meeting.

“It not also lost on us that the communique of the meeting was making space for National Executive Council nominations to a sectional initiative as the utmost level of disregard to the rest of the country whom they are treating as serfs when we are supposed to joint and equal stakeholders in project Nigeria.

“The meeting wondered the quality of humanity of any group meeting at this period of mournings not to have a word of compassion for those that were recklessly murdered by state forces and hired thugs during the protests.

“We reject the indecent approach to paint the peaceful protesters in dark colours. They made their demands clear and were orderly before the violent Nigerian state deployed armed soldiers and thugs in 911 lorries against them.

“It is wickedness to place ‘our power’ above every other national interest by playing the “regime change” label on the peaceful protesters who were not armed like Boko Haram that the regime is chasing about with negotiations in the same spirit it has been cuddling and pampering killer herdsmen.

“We do not see the thoughtfulness in the celebration of Northern youths not participating in ENDSARS protests as if they did not also loot like their deprived young people in other areas of the country which shows they are suffering the same thing. But instead of treating leprosy, our counterparts are dealing with eczema

“We foresaw all that is happening now, which is why we have been calling for restructuring as a multi-ethic country like Nigeria can only be run along federal lines. We were not oblivious of the damage the military did to this country by using fiat to create LGAs with headquarters in the villages of top shots mostly from the North.
Kano state today has 44 Local Governments and Bayelsa has 8. When you want to recruit 10 policemen per LGA Bayelsa will have 80 and Kano 44O. That affects where the materials to be drawn into SARS and others are drawn. The inequalities multiply everywhere. And this is why we insist on restructuring of the country now before we go for any national election.

“We make it abundantly clear to our colleagues from the core North that yesterday ended last night and never again shall this country be run the same old way. No section of the country can play any supremacist role again as if the rest of us are fools.

“It is either we live together as equals under the same rules of engagement or we explore other options as dignified human beings.

“We deeply mourn with all families who lost dear ones in the crisis we just went through and pray to God to comfort them. May those who wantonly destroyed lives pay grievously for their deeds.”

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BLOOD FLOWS IN OYIGBO, AS IGBO LEADERS KEEP MUTE!

Otu Obiahu, AJM NEWS

{…Are We Sure There Is Any Igbo Elite Still Standing?
So No Igbo Man Of High Standing Can Tell Wike EyeBall To Eyeball That Enough Is Enough!
The North Is Protecting Their Foot Soldiers, We Are Killing Our Own}

Late last night, our friend Elder Henry Shield confirmed Wike’s support to what is happening at Oyigbo. I raised suspicion yesterday that Wike might have declared war on Ndigbo in a bid to please some men in Abuja and brighten his chances of making an entrant into the presidency in 2023.

What is happening at Oyigbo, one would ask?

Massacre

Maiming

Killings

Genocide

Abuse of human right

All Against Ndigbo.

Some would say IPOB are not Ndigbo but I won’t, as usual, be drawn into such senseless argument with them.

The security of lives and properties of ALL Ndigbo living in Oyigbo are not guaranteed.

One resident of Oyigbo revealed to AJM NEWS that to speak Igbo language in Oyigbo now poses a great danger, as such a person could be picked up and tagged IPOB member, and taken to an unknown location.
He said: “As I type this message, if anyone is caught as an Igbo speaking person, the person would be tagged an IPOB member and will be taken to an unknown destination. Na Pigin everyone de take greet em broda now for yonda”.

How possible is it to differentiate an IPOB member from one who’s not?

Even at that, the members of IPOB are humans and they deserve to live.

Wike is a lawyer. We were told.

If you proscribe IPOB, the law didn’t say you should kill her members.

Arrest them.

Arraign them. Try them for terrorism.

If found guilty, they would be sentenced to jail.

But no.

Wike has made himself a tyrant.

Oyigbo, Ndigbo, shall rise again.

I ask again: Are We Sure There Is Any Igbo Elite Still Standing, Who Can Tell Wike Eyeball To Eyeball That Enough Is Enough?

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GOV. UMAHI POURS HIS ANNOYANCE ON HIS SECURITY AIDE AND THREE DC COORDINATORS, AS HE SACKS THEM OVER ATTACK ON POLICE STATIONS AND GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES

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Following the destruction of government properties and the burning of some police stations in Ebonyi last week by hoodlums, the governor of Ebonyi State, Engr. Dave Umahi, has sacked his Special Assistant on Security and Utility ( Urban ), Mr. Saint Anakor.
The governor also sacked three Development Centre Coordinators.

This was contained in a communique signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Kenneth Ugbala, on Sunday 25 October, 2020.

According to the communique, the four officials were “relieved of their duties with immediate effect”.
The sacked coordinators include Amos Ogbonnaya of Anuagata Development Centre; Mr. Jerry Okorie Ude of Okposi Development Centre and Mrs. Martha Nwankwo of Ohaozara-East Development Center.
They were replaced with Mr Tochukwu Uzor for Anuagata Development Centre; Mr. Henry Ugochi Ovoke for Okposi Development Centre; and Mr. Ernest Okorie for Ohaozara – East Development Center.
Mr Chidiebere Egwu was also appointed as Special Assistant on Internal Security and Utility ( Urban ) to replace Anakor.
Hoodlums had attacked and burnt down police stations in Umahi ’s Ohaozara Local Government Area on Thursday .
Three other police stations were also attacked in Abakaliki, the State capital on Wednesday.
The hoodlums destroyed other utilities in the state capital, especially the decorative street lights installed in various parts.

Below Is The Full Text Of The Communique::

SPECIAL PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

In the avowed determination of Ebonyi State Government to address prevailing security situation in the state, His Excellency, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Engr Dr David Nweze Umahi, FNSE, FNATE, has ordered the immediate removal from office of the underlisted Coordinators of Development Centers in the State for non-performance.

They are:

1.Barr. Amos Ogbonnaya….. Anuagata Development Center.

2. Mr. Jerry Okorie Ude….. Okposi Development Center, and
3. Mrs. Martha Nwankwo….. Ohaozara-East Development Center. Consequently, His Excellency the Governor has approved the nomination of the following persons as Acting Coordinators of the affected Development Centers with immediate effect:
4. Mr. Tochukwu Uzor…. Anuagata Development Center
5. Mr. Henry Ugochi Ovoke…. Okposi Development Center, and
6. Mr. Ernest Okorie…. Ohaozara-East Development Center.

In a similar vein, and on the directive of His Excellency the Governor, the Special Assistant to the Governor on Internal Security and Utility (Urban), Mr. Saint Nchekwube Anakor, is hereby removed from office with immediate effect.
Mr Chidiebere Egwu is to take over as SA on Internal Security and Utility (Urban).

All the affected former officials are directed to hand over all government property in their possession to the Secretary to the State Government/Coordinating Commissioner before the close of work on Monday 26th of October 2020.

Please, ensure strict adherence to the directives.

Ugbala Kenneth Igwe, Ph.D

Secretary to the State Government/Coordinating Commissioner.

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ITS TIME TO RENEGOTIATE THE EXISTENCE OF NIGERIA, SAYS YORUBA WORLD CONGRESS (YWC)

{…Multiple Attacks On Lagos By Military Forces, Declaration Of War Against Yoruba Land, It’s Time To Renegotiate The Existence Of Nigeria – YWC Leader, Banji Akintoye}

Calls on UN, EU, AU, US, UK, Commonwealth, others to come forward to be part of renegotiation of 1914 almagamation

Says “Buhari’s silence on Lekki shootings, casualties, an evidence that attacks were well-coordinated by external forces to bring down Yoruba Nation”

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Friday 23rd, October, 2020

Like concerned fathers would do in a period of trouble, eminent Yoruba Leaders of thought have described the Tuesday 20th October shooting at unarmed protesters at Lekki, Lagos by forces in Military uniform as a declaration of war against the Yoruba people of Nigeria.

The leaders, who spoke under the platform of Yoruba World Congress (YWC), said the wanton destruction of properties and monuments across Yoruba Land in the last 48hours without any form of resistance from security agencies is an evidence that the almagamation of 1914 between the South and the North has already expired, saying “it is time to renegotiate the existence of the country”.

In a statement made available to newsmen after a virtual emergency meeting of the organisation held on Friday morning and signed by the President-General of the group, Emeritus President Banji Akintoye, YWC called on the international communities, especially, the British and American Governments, United Nations, European Union, African Union and the Commonwealth of Nations to, as a matter of urgency, come forward to be part of the renegotiation team to discuss the existence of Nigeria, stressing that the reality on ground does not indicate that restructuring can still save Nigeria from extinction.

The statement read in parts: “President Buhari addressed Nigerians on the serious crisis now confronting Nigeria, the crisis which started with peaceful protests by Nigerian Youths but which suddenly grew into wide spread violence in Lagos State, in some other parts of the Yoruba South West and other parts of Nigeria, and which the international Press has been valuably reporting on.

“President Buhari’s address sounded like a reluctant address crafted to touch mostly on inconsequentials and to avoid the most compelling aspects of the crisis. To the surprise of all Nigerians and the whole world, President Buhari did not acknowledge that the Youth’s protest started peacefully and remained commendably peaceful until the protesters were shot at in Lekki, Lagos.

“The whole world had watched as the youthful protesters conducted themselves in an orderly manner, and even as they cleaned up the trash that was generated by them in the streets. Most Nigerians accept that the demands being made by the protesting Youths were reasonable and justified in the interest of Nigeria.

“We are all witnesses to the fact that in admiration for all these, Nigerian citizens and even non Nigerians from abroad rushed food, drinks, and money to the protesters in the streets. We are all witnesses to the fact that the Youths were sitting, holding small Nigerian flags and singing the Nigerian national anthem at the Lekki Toll gate when some troops dressed in Nigerian Uniforms suddenly began to shoot at them.

“We all saw on the video the deaths and injuries that the shootings caused and we are shocked that President Buhari did not say anything about the shooting at the peaceful and unarmed protesters. He did not say anything about the killing and wounding of the Youths. He did not express any concern or sympathy with the victims, their parents and relations.

“President Buhari also said nothing about the very troubling questions that have grown around the Lekki shootings. The Lagos State Governor, who is the Chief Security Officer of Lagos State, has said that the shooting was done by forces beyond his control. The Commanding Officer of the Nigerian Army in the Lagos Area has denied authorizing the shooting. The Nigerian Army has also denied ownership of the whole action. Many troubling questions have now arisen. Who authorized the shootings? What are the true identities of the shooters who were clothed in the Nigerian Army Uniforms?

“President Buhari also said nothing about another very troubling fact. There was manifestly present, during the Youth’s peaceful protests, an effort by some persons to infiltrate bands of thugs and hoodlums into the peacrful protests, obviously for the purpose of disrupting and discrediting the peaceful process, and thereby manufacturing an excuse for a repressive governmental clampdown on peaceful protesters.

“In some places, especially reported/alleged to be in Abuja, publicly owned vehicles were seen again and again on video worldwide bringing the thugs and hoodlums to the scenes of peaceful protests. We Nigerian citizens, Nigerians in Diaspora worldwide and the whole civilized world, want an explanation of this feature of the on going Nigerian crisis.

“Inevitably, we Nigerians are asking many troubling questions. Does there exist in this country a secret paramilitary force that has access to Nigerian Army Uniforms and that can be employed by its owners against targets in the Nigerian population? Is there a group of people in this country that have a special agenda of their own and who are employing the authority and resources of the Nigerian State to implement their agenda?

“Troubled by these and allied questions, most Nigerians are now coming to various conclusions and demands. We, Yoruba, of the Nigerian South West, a Nation of 55million people in Nigeria, now demand that in order to achieve a peaceful resolution of the the convoluted Nigerian problems and the widely devastating insecurity in Nigeria, Nigeria should embark on serious negotiations over the whole Nigerian situation.

“We demand a negotiating table at which the representatives of the various nationalities of Nigeria will come face to face to negotiate. We are not demanding restructuring, we are demanding negotiation by the nationalities, the owners of the various ancestral homelands that constitute Nigeria. Nothing less than that can now adequately address the catastrophic situation into which Nigeria has now sunk.

“Alternatively or in addition, and in order to prevent further violence, bloodshed and destruction in our Western region, the region that is responsible for most of the industrial, commercial and professional productivity in Nigeria, we call for face-to- face negotiation between the leaders of our Yoruba nation and President Buhari as the head of the Nigerian Federal Government, in order to immediately stop further violence and bloodshed in our region and in the rest of Nigeria.

“With all sense of responsibility, we call upon the United Nations and significant agencies and factors of the International communities, and on all the most powerful countries of the world, to step forward now to support our demand for negotiation, and exercise the needed influence to make the negotiation happen. We ask the world to remember that in the background to the present crisis in Nigeria is the situation whereby, in the past 5 years, one of the nationalities in Nigeria has incessantly proclaimed it’s agenda of using violence to subdue other nationalities, to seize the lands of other nationalities, to banish some nationalities from their homelands and to invite their own non Nigerian kinsmen to come and occupy the land.

“We ask the world to remember that this nationality positioning themselves as conquerors have been killing, maiming, raping, kidnapping and destroying in most parts of Nigeria in pursuit of their proclaimed agenda.

“We ask the the world to remember that in the throes of the consequent insecurity, Nigeria has plunged frighteningly into poverty, deprivation, and horrific human suffering.

“We ask the human race to respond expeditiously to the Nigerian situation in the exercise of its responsibility to protect vulnerable and threatened people and peoples by acting upon our call for peaceful and responsible negotiation now”, the statement concluded.

SIGNED:

PROFESSOR BANJI AKINTOYE
LEADER, YORUBA WORLD CONGRESS (YWC)
23rd October, 2020

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