The Pocket Askari PART 1 (MUST READ)

When a Soldier gives you a hot slap, thou shall surely realize that “Police is your friend”. Wake up! Wake Up!! Wake Up!!! I’m not writing about a software that makes you call the police on emergencies. Neither am I developing an app for that purpose. Rather, I’m provokingly writing about the loss of purpose and integrity in our police force. Nine point eight (9.8) out of every ten (10) Nigerians at home have either experienced or been victims of the pick-pocket activities of police officials who were paid to protect the citizenry. Extortion, bribery, nepotism, brutality and threats are the certifications that determine the ranks of our policemen and policewomen today. The more an officer can pass these required courses, the higher he goes on the promotion ladder.

Talk of illegal extortions at check-points, operation open-your-booth, operation clear-the-rogues (popularly known as ROGA), forceful collection of stipends from public taxi and bus drivers at our motor parks etc. none of them show a sign of a serious security agency. I have always queried the course of the apparent mishmash and quandary in our police, but still can’t find any clear answers. Could it be the icon of an Elephant and Wooden pole than describes them or the black uniform that identifies them? Putting an Elephant in a logo could either stand for hugeness in size or sluggishness or both. In the case of the Nigeria Police Force, I think it stands for both. They are the last to respond to security issues but the first to extort. Their uniform has been changed to a more attractive violet-blue, at least for senior officers, so why are we still having this mess? Countless times, I have eye-witnessed police fleeing away from armed robbers at the face of encounters in broad day light. I have also seen cases where people are made to part with their hard-earned money all in the name of settling police for cases they had no guilt. One of such was the display of ignorance by men of the police this week.

Men of the Police fighting in the public

On the 29^th December, 2014 a friend of mine was about to sell out a 10400mAh power bank to his customer, somewhere around Dugbe Post-office in Ibadan, Oyo state. He bought the Romozz appliance through an online order on Amazon and was about to sell in an OLX  style. All of a sudden, ununiformed men of the NPF came to meet them at the back of the customer’s car where the transaction was being made and alleged them of loitering and ‘illegal’ transaction. They asked few questions, the central and the most silly of which was “where is the receipt issued to the buyer of the power bank?” An event that jokingly started around 10:00 AM in the morning was blown up towards detainment of the newest money-bag ‘suspects’ of the police and wasn't resolved until 5:10PM. A tender of the invoice from Amazon was not enough for the long-throat askaris to proof the ownership and purchase of the device by the owner. Meanwhile, the Railway Police Station, Dugbe runs on a generator fueled with petrol they have no receipt for. The matter was dragged back and forth until the LPO and his supporting officer were settled with a cash of #3,000 NGN by the parents of the ‘accused’.

So what solution did we proffer to the situation, what role did Emdee play and what happened next?...Read the PART 2 COMING SOONEST.

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BBB: BORNO is BURNING but not BORING (PART 2)

(continued from PART 1 ).......
The typical Hausa man that I know is one who loves his brothers as himself. He keeps a smiling face, wears perfumed clothing and gives you an extra tip if you speak his language or show some sort of interest in it. 

Though he may keep a dagger under his pants, that's not to harm anyone but a sign of social respect, a culture common in the Arab world. The sane Hausa man I know wouldn't kill anyone for no just reason, how much more his own brother.

Right now you are asking, "What percentage of the Aboki’s are sane?"
Well, may be less, may be more than what's apparent.

A quick flashback on the statement of the American president in 2000 may throw some light on the origins of this burning Borno.
As the president of a well-organized government, a government that has documented plans and strategies for centuries to come, Bill Clinton agreed to visit Borno with Obasanjo for reasons known to him and a few mortals. He led his crew to Maiduguri and he never left without telling the world "The USA would like to have a Military Base in Maiduguri". The question is "why Maiduguri?"

We were all ignorantly happy and joyous about the great promise of our new-found ally, US. 

Our poor national orientation and exposure caused the unwarranted excitement and prevented us from seeing the true picture of what a Military Base is, especially one owned by the United States.
The US is one of the countries in the world with largest investment in weapon of mass destruction. They manufacture or rather produce bombs, missiles, drones, fighting jets etc. for usage and export to other countries away from home.
Their way of holding on to the acclaimed seat of "most powerful country in the world" is not by creating jobs for the Americans or putting Ferguson police in check, but to illegally invade other people's lands in the name of "peace keeping" and prevent other countries from possession of weaponry through impotent UN sanctions.

Between year 2000 and 2009, the US army has engaged in numerous illegal invasion from Asia to middle east to Africa, killed thousands of innocent civilians including women, children and old people, sold billions of dollars worth of firearms, illegally acquired and spilled oil rich lands of other people and, most importantly, appeared neutral as the "Saviour of the world". This last attribute substantiates the Nobel Prize for Peace bestowed upon Barack Obama in 2009.

The Nigerian in me kicked in when I drew link between Clinton's statement fourteen years ago, the events between now and then and the birth of the strangest terror outfit, Boko Haram.

The Boko Haram insurgency is a note-worthy case study for history and international law students. It has an ever confusing multidimensional outlook that seems to confuse even the most powerful citizens of Nigeria, without the exception of the presidency.

At first, we were told that Boko Haram was a part of the presidential kitchen cabinet but the government claims it's faceless.

Muhammad Yusuf, who was the clear prime leader of the small group of individuals who revolted against the then Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sherrif, was extra-judicially killed by the police and no one has heard the case. 
This probably suggests that some cases are not supposed to be heard because the individuals involved are superior to the law. These are the people we call the "CABALs",

The government of Nigeria has taken less than adequate meaningful steps towards curbing, or, if you like, ending the insurgency. 

Why are there no cases against the suspected sponsors and financiers of the terror group? These and many question still beg for answers while we continue to shout #BirngBackOurGirls...........

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Agogo of Life: Unveiling the World’s Tallest Gong

In our homeland, a Guinness World Record is about to be broken. It’s just not a world record but a new and fabulous world record. The world is about to receive its TALLEST traditional gong (Agogo). The mighty gong in Shaba, Malaysia's easternmost state and one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo, currently holds the record of the largest circular gong but I guess, this our own is gonna beat it. Let’s wait and see.

A gong is an African, East and South East Asian musical percussion instrument that takes the form of a flat, circular metal disc which is hit with a mallet. (Wikipedia). The Gong was the Facebook and Twitter of the ancient time. A ding on it could mean “you have four friend requests”. If the sound was accompanied with an instruction, that could mean “Your WhatsApp subscription will be due in two weeks.” It was such a wonderful tool of communication. The history of the gong can be traced to as far back 20^th century in ancient china. Typically made of bronze or brass, the gong produces two distinct types of sound that sends ripples down the eardrum of receivers. Gongs are of many type which include the Opera gongs, Chau Gongs, Tiger Gongs, Scriptural gongs, Nipple gongs and ‘African’ gong (I had to give our own a name) etc.

A Nipple Gong in Malaysia with a golden nipple

The State of Osun, Nigeria is that place where the books of world history are about to be challenged. Of course, this isn’t the first time that Osun State will show the world the beauty of the African mind. It’s just another feather to her cap. In 2013, the state of Osun won the World Summit Award (WSA) for best e-Learning & Science content with its ‘Opon Imo – Tablet of Knowledge’ project, triumphing over 421 other innovations for the 2013 Awards vetted by the grand jury of global eminent experts. --- Read more about the WSA here.

Now it’s time to unveil the Gong of Life.

Venue: The Nelson Mandela Freedom Park, Osogbo, Osun State.

Chief Host: Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola (Executive Governor of the State of Osun)

Date: 31^st December, 2014

Time: Google Works (Use it!)

Dress Code: Native

My last chat with a member of the organizing committee confirms that officials of the Guinness Book of World Records are a part of this. So, I can assure you that ‘America will know’

Join us as we break yet another world record and make history. See you there!

Keere oooooooooo!

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I Wanna Be Like Santa (MUST READ)

This is a storified message for everyone who likes to an FBI. 

Disclaimer: the FBI here has no pistols, no uniforms, no access to people’s social security number, no nothing and no links with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. He is just simply a Fine Boy International (FBI). I got to know about being an FBI from junior colleagues in school and I was excited to make a move, join the FBI or, at least, get my intelligence tested. What met my face was that not all FBIs have intelligence. They only had to be a fine boy. As much as I would have loved to be an FBI, I wasn’t comfortable with the word ‘boy’ in it. I wanted to be a man, so I had to look for a new anchor.

        On my search for an anchor, I met many young and old men with different qualities and attributes but, the most astonishing man I met was Santa. Dressed in his usual red overall gown, Santa amazed me with his ever flowing, always white beards. Even with a heavy load of gifts on his shoulder, he never gets tired of moving around. He seems so ordinary and incomplete without the beards. This is the same Santa I seldom used to be afraid of, as a baby, when Mom took me to see him at BCOS Ibadan Christmas carol.

I have always been told that Santa comes from Rome until one faithful day in primary school when our black Santa Uncle mistakenly removed his large head covering and the long cooking-stove woolen moustache fell off. We all shouted Uncle Jibola(not real name), so you are Santa? I still don’t understand where exactly Santa comes from but I am sure it isn’t Rome. Probably somewhere close to it. Of all the features of Father Xmas I cherish, it is his long flowing beard that gives me goose bumps.

 Santa can’t be Santa without his beard. Or have you ever come across a beardless Santa? I guess he keeps that property so as to look mature, original and also righteous. Yes! Righteous, because that’s the way of ancient men of God. From Noah to Abraham to Moses to Jesus to Muhammad, none of them was beardless. Even the most comical and unreal images that describe these great men never leaves them without beard. Aristotle, Plato, Newton, Faraday, Einstein, Ojuku and our own Prof Soyinka all have beards. As a matter of fact, it’s a sign of intelligence, maturity and wisdom. These great ones didn't keep their beards because of the absence of shaving blades or lack of wisdom. They kept it as a mark of dignity and respect for the men they were. Despite the fact that they lived in different times and across different lands, they all shared that property. That couldn't have been a mere coincidence. And so, I think Santa has made a wise choice. 

Unfortunately, this choice has become old-school and archaic in our present day society. All of a sudden, the beardless man is simply the gentleman while the others aren’t. We now see keeping beards as barbaric and uncivilized due to our wrong orientation about the subject. We often link it to some sort of unrelated issues like threat and insecurity. Or should I say our generation is suffering from over-westernization? Scientifically speaking, it has been proven that beards make men hotter and creepier. A man with beards has more market-value than his clean-shaved counterparts.  

I encourage you to keep your beard and be a man. Remember to keep it clean, combed and perfumed always. This will make you look more handsome and nicer than you will without your beards. It’s a gift you were given for being a man. If Santa is accepted with his long beard, why shouldn’t you? You don’t necessarily have to carry a load of gift around like Santa, you just need to wear your beard. This will make you an FBI with the looks of Santa. That’s finally what I wanna be.

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BBB: BORNO is BURNING but not BORING (PART 1)

Tears in my eyes!
Sweat on my skin!
Blood on my flesh!
And punctures on my heart!
The recent turns and twists of insurgency in Nigeria is speedily becoming a fiasco and I'm, more than ever, convinced it has both political and religious affiliations but more political than we were ever told. I've seen lots of action films and science fiction movies all painting a virtual world of impossibilities and funny enough I, just like you, have naturally believed without any iota of doubts. If we can grab the reality behind well-orchestrated and professionally directed action films, what makes it so difficult for us to agree with open evidences and logic behind the war which continually tears off the fabric of our nation and our peaceful co-existence?
Probably you never know, that the death and injury toll of this mess and weaponry business called Boko Haram has just surpassed the casualties of the Civil War, Biafran War and every other of their likes combined.
Don't tell me it's not religious, No! Enough of that! The Borno we know used to be so accommodating and hospitable that it naturally got the slogan "Home of PEACE". 

A map of Nigeria showing the prominence of Borno State

It's not the people of Borno that's the problem. They are practically people who lead simple and decent lives but the peace they enjoyed has been torn into pieces, for no just reason. Whoever has been to Maiduguri as a visitor or passer-by, before the strange invasion, can testify to this. It may even interest you to know that a large percentage of students studying in University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) are non-indigenes, mostly Igbo, Yoruba, and Ijaw etc. If the conditions were not favourable, they wouldn't travel so far just to get a college degree. The first time an America president would visit Nigeria was year 2000, during the Olusegun Obasanjo's regime. Of those wonderful spots in Nigeria Bill Clinton was taken to was this same Maiduguri. At this point, I think we need to begin to ask cogent questions which can salvage this predicament. 
If Borno was a boring state, the Nigerian president wouldn't have shown any interest in it not to talk of taking the world's most protected individual then, Bill Clinton, there.
For the records, Borno, Adamawa, Yobe and other Northern states is home for a higher percentage of Nigerian Muslims most of whom became Muslims as part of a societal and parental inheritance. They may not understand as much of the faith than a southwestern Muslim, they may only have the looks. They often confuse themselves and other people with the looks.
The typical Hausa man that I know is one who loves his brothers as himself. He keeps a smiling face, wears perfumed clothing and gives you an extra tip if you speak his language or show some sort of interest in it. 

Watch out for PART TWO.......

What You don't know about ISIS

Hilary Clinton Tells all the truth about ISIS's funding and origin in this rare video :Watch the Video Here
I have always wondered what ISIS and other international terror groups actually stand for but I could't get a more convincing explanation than this one made by Hilary Clinton (US Former Secretary of State) in the above video. Watch the Video Here

A popular Facebook page Umair's Kingdom wrote:

"The Reality of Talibans (Terrorists) - Who Funded Taliban? Who recruited these so called "Mujahideen"?
Some of Bitter Truths were declared by Hillary Clinton.
My message to those ignorant people who relate Talibaan with Islamic concern. Just having a beard is not representation of Islam. Cherry picked quotations and verses from Holy Quran / Hadith and using it in a wrong way is not real Islam.

My sincere message to all individuals who are sharing these non-human messages on social media. It is some how you are conveying their message in front of non Muslim community that's what they wanted to demoralize the image of Islam (which is not gonna happen), even you are discouraging their statements but that message of Taliban (Non Human) sayings will circulate globally and will cause misconception to various non Muslim about Islam. Please stop conveying their statements on media /social media. Just convey the message that they do not relate with any religion WITHOUT quoting their wrong preaching about Islam!

Terrorism has no religion. No religion in the world promotes terrorism. Terrorism is just terrorism.."

#PeshawarAttack

Looking at it from the realistic sense, you will smell a rat at the organized approach with which so-called 'terrorists' get their attacks done.

I'm faced with some disturbing questions here, "Can this white woman be correct?"
 If she is wrong, then what is right?
 If she is right, then who is the fool?

I need an MBA

I used to think an #MBA was just an ordinary university degree until I got to know MBA.
Ma'rufah Bolanle Alao (MBA) is that kinda special woman in whose arms you can trust the proper upbringing of your present, continuous and future children with. She is a Yoruba girl with all the  sense of Oodua originality, the best I have seen. Lest I forget, she doesn't need an MBA like me, she is naturally an MBA.

MBA's Facebook  PP

She has this to say today:
"Today is a special day: two wonderful friends of mine are ascending the age ladder. They are really really really wonderful. Was just wondering what my Timeline would be without them. Apart from the fact that they are my folks,they are very good omo'yas. They have their similarities and was just imagining,what if they are from the same parent? (A combination of Emdee & Igboro in one family) Lwkmd.
In a future not far from today, I am looking forward to either of you being the Gov of our dear state(I will personally fund the campaign,God-willing).
I wish these young,talented and aspiring guys the very best in their endeavours. Labalaba ni yin,egun o ni gun yin o."

Thanks so much.

ARO's Wishes

Adelaja Ridwan Olayiwola (ARO) is my mentee par excelence. In the following 

lines he puts forward  motivation, encouragement, a challenge and a 'Mokola' 

for me.

#TogetherWeCan

"Here are my wishes

For years

Of many inches

Swim and dive

Like fishes

In gold and surplus riches.

Hear again my wishes

The Lord

Who knows and teaches.

Wisdom I pray

HE unleashes.

To lite your world like matches.

Again again my wishes

Grow EMDEE

Like beaches.

Whose coolness

Far out-reaches

Scents from a million dishes.



Long life and prosperity my man. May your days be filled and blessed. 

Life is about today and tomorrow. Remember your lord always. Best regards."

The poetic ARO in his Lounge

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My Single BIRTHDAY Request

A great salute and plenty of ‘GBOSAs’ to all my friends, family and foes, I prefer calling you boos. You guys have edited my thoughts and re-configured my actions through your likes, dislikes, commendations, criticisms, sacrifices etc. I thank God for knowing all of una, because una don photoshop my general outlook and made me a better human being. I appreciate Etisalat Nigeria, the only network that works, for allowing me call all my friends free today (on the 0809ja network only). Oya make I throw way salute for una!   

All for you

I discovered that when your mom suddenly mistakes your birthday and thinks it is 18^th (eighteenth) instead of 19^th (nineteenth), then two things are involved. It is either a reflection of her excessive unconditional love for you or somebody is getting old. If it’s a reflection of her affection, you are safe. But if somebody is getting old, then TWO three things are involved. It’s is either she is getting old or you are getting old or both of you are getting old. I woke up yesterday and found almost 5ive #HBD messages from mom. I had to check the calendar about fift(een)y times to confirm if the messages were actually for me. That’s the supernatural love of a Senior Abiyamo of Nigeria (SAN). Thanks so much Ma, I love you.

I write this with all sense of humility and gratitude to God Almighty who in His mercies has granted me 365 more days on His Earth and gave me the reasoning capacity to notice it on the Gregorian calendar. A lot of things have changed over the last one year, some for good and some for bad. I am thanking God for all of them as I and all my capacity couldn’t have changed whatever He wishes.

One of my Birthday mates

I’ve got just ONE/OOKAN/DAYA/OTU birthday request which will take you less than 30 seconds to grant (if you are not on the YELLOW network). As you have visited this blog, justemdee.blogspot.com, select web version (if viewing from a phone) and subscribe your email to my feed channel. I promise you no SPAM mails, just goodies and stuff that will move your ministry from its rented apartment to a permanent site. For those already in permanent site your ministry is about to relocate to the camp. The only person who can choose not to bring this gift is the Golden Pearl, she doesn’t need an email notification to get an update from Emdee.

There will be a parry tonight at the Akwa-Ibom state government house because Godswill Obot Akpabio , the executive governor of Akwa-Ibom state, Dr Bukola Abubakar Saraki of Kwara state and Ramson Tokunbo Nouah Jr. of #Nollywood all share my birthday. Yes! Don’t mind them, they too like to share things with correct people. Anyway, ‘WE’ have decided to use one venue for the sake of prudence. I wish all my birthday mates long life and prosperity and I say thanks for celebrating with ‘US’.

One of the Birthday mates of Emdee Tiamiyy

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An Epistle to Senior ‘Pangolo’

When I was in #HEAVEN, I never had the option to choose my country. The angel who registered me into planet Earth’s database never asked. He just simply followed the instruction given to him by 'Oga at the top' . I peeped at his keyboard trying to guess what he typed in the space that reads “Enter country code here:”, but I couldn't see it clearly.

If I had a choice, I would have chosen………#NIGERIA.

For I have traveled through the world and still I never found a country blessed like you, my NIGERIA.

Only few countries have this taste of favourable temperate weather that you have.

Only few countries have #rainfall all through the year, many don’t even have at all.

Only few countries have your green vegetation where all that is needed is to drop a seed.

Only few countries have over 31 natural minerals sleeping under the feet of its inhabitants.

Only few countries have direct access to the Sea, you have multiple.

Only few countries are safe from volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, tsunamis and other natural disasters which are beyond human control.

Only few countries have this more-than-enough population capable of putting life into the dead.

Only few countries have over 250 local languages and more than 300 ethnic groups and tribes under one nation.

Only few countries have two massive rivers crossing all along the country joined together to form a confluence to behold.

Only few countries have your wealth of Crude Oil in excess of which capacity cannot be measured.

Only few countries have a large population of smart and talented people who have set and broken world records in education, sports, creativity etc.

With all these and more, you are worth more than just a senior to the rest of the world. You have been naturally configured for greatness and accomplishments.

I heard some of your juniors saying you are just a senior ‘pangolo’. I don’t agree with them but I'm just doubtful they may not be wrong.

When you were still the real Nigeria,

   *   There used to be constant electricity supply

   *   Water runs in the taps

    * Secondary school students had milk-breaks during which they take milk between classes

    * Education was FREE in the real sense of FREE, not now that students make chairs to be able to sit in class.

     * Security of life and properties was guaranteed

     * Flight within states was as low as #6, imagine. Now common men can't afford to travel by air anymore

      * My Dad wrote his SSCE exams and all his expenses was less than #20

    * He got two top jobs with that SSCE certificate and that was enough to raise me up.

   * University graduates then had multiple job offers while writing final exams.

    * Now, my friends have Masters but no ‘job’ for them. Is anything wrong?

    * Your Academic curriculum was then British/International standard and our graduates could compete favourably with their equals all around the world

     * My Grandmother performed her Holy Pilgrimage just with less than #200 and she bought almost everything in KSA

    * Food was the last problem of an average Nigerian then

      * Grandma told me they had super-excess food at the naming ceremony of my aunt, even with their poorest condition then.

     * Foreigners, in their numbers, usually run to you for work as they could make more money here than back in their home countries.

    * Even as a secondary school student I had a Ghanaian in my class but he disappeared after a little while

    * Your children rarely wanna go abroad then but today they sleep at the embassies for Visa to foreign countries.

I did a research and found thousands of Nigerians in prisons abroad. They are being sentenced to jail and killed every day in Thailand, Malaysia, Switzerland, and Singapore etc. for various crimes. Every time I see them, I weep for no one cares.

With all these resources you’ve got, I want you to be great again.

When I look back and I see you still crawling at 54, my heart breaks.

For me, 1st October, 1960 was the day trouble was born.

Even today, after 54 years of independence no Electricity to watch the speech of our dear #President!!!

That other day I wished the British never left. I was hoping loudly, screaming on top of my voice, in the 7th heaven, for those white guys to quickly discover OIL so they would stay.

At least, their presence in South Africa pays off more than the troubles therein. And South-Africa is now the Europe of Africa, with far less resources than you.

The significance in the South-African, Malaysian, Singaporean stories is #MANAGEMENT and #FOCUSED #GOOD #LEADERSHIP.

Your TRUE INDEPENDENCE lies in the hands of your inhabitants not the British.

One day, you shall be great again. Whether I’m here or there.

Rejoice today, for I know what you are capable of and I will do my best to get you there.

Wishing you the very best Nigeria, and always remember that...... 
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A World of JUNGLE NONSENSE

If you have ever witnessed the brutal massage that crime suspects face in the third world, you wouldn't be too far from understanding the plague I’m writing about. It is common in developing and under-developed countries on mother Earth and has led to the death of many who were totally uninvolved or indirectly involved in an alleged crime. For a moment, imagine you were the one being brutalized in any of the scenarios pictured here. Whether you are guilty or not, you would still wish to exercise the right to express your opinion.

 As a citizen of the world’s largest black nation, where the cases of people taking laws into their own hands is as usual as rainfall, I have encountered and experienced many scenarios of the plague. I call it JUNGLE NONSENSE. Because, up till this moment, I can’t find any correlation between the words JUNGLE and JUSTICE. For me this is probably the most forceful marriage I ever know of any two English words. Jungle stands for something ‘unconstructed by LAW’ while JUSTICE means ‘going the LAW way.’ I don’t need to have a cousin lawyer to know that the two words don’t agree and who so ever presided over their marriage must have been very unfair.

        According to Tola Omosola he says “This isn't a word per say and doesn't have a definite definition but it’s a form of punishment.” In my own definition, “Jungle Justice Nonsense is an awkward event that gives people whose hands are hitching some ‘relief’ through beating up alleged suspects which is usually done in uncoordinated turns of strike on the victim(s).” From child kidnapping cases to theft of properties. From witches miscalculated landing cases to ALUU 4 and what have you. We annually lose some scores of lives to jungle nonsense alone. This is a count of our own distant friends and family whom we kill with our own hands.

Just recently, in one of my travels, a tanker driver hit a motorcyclist at Oka-Akoko township of Ondo state. The motorcyclist died immediately and the tanker driver managed to get down and escaped. The arear boys, in their ‘intelligence’ decided to set the tanker ablaze to show their anger. Unfortunately, due to little spacing between houses and the road, the fire caught all the surrounding houses and people had to run for dear lives. Who knows if some aged, toddlers and elderly people were trapped in the blazing inferno that ravaged many apartments unannounced?

What has led to this cruel act and approach of people trying to seek justice by themselves? This is a question for the judiciary to ponder on. Despite many campaigns and activism against jungle justice, the cases keep rising. This cannot be too far from a FAILED and CORRUPT man-know-man system we run but professionally call LEGAL SYSTEM. It is the real image of the Yoruba adage on injustice which says “Baa ba ni eni ni igbamo, are laa je”. This literally means “if you have someone in the committee, you will be vindicated.” It is a practice that breeds corruption, nepotism and has made people to, over the years, lose confidence in our legal system. The sluggish rate of response of our police is another story for the gods. We live in a country where the police come to rescue situations only after the wrong-doers have found convenient hidings.

I call on our leaders, political gladiators and my learned colleagues in Nigeria and the rest of the world to rise up to the challenge of making our legal and security systems viable and trustworthy. This is the only way we can #BringBackOurLegalIntegrity. The recent case of the Ugandan maid, Jolly Tumuhirwe, could have been another Jungle Nonsense to talk about but kudos to the parents who sought justice through the law and not through their emotions. This is a culture for Nigerians to emulate as over 85% of Nigerians I interviewed on this case told me they would PERSONALLY kill Jolly for her brutality. I feel for the parents as much as they do but we must agree that, somehow, the Ugandan legal system has displayed a higher level of credibility for them to trust the case into its hands.

Let’s respect the feelings of one another. I challenge you again, put yourself in the place of any of these individuals who are brutally injured and most times killed. Truly suspect is a suspect, that doesn’t make him or her less of a human being. He or she still has right to expression.

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Nigeria's FIRST INDEPENDENCE DAY SPEECH

This speech was delivered  by Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Prime Minister, October 1st 1960..

Today is Independence Day. The first of October 1960 is a date to which for two years every Nigerian has been eagerly looking forward. At last, our great day has arrived, and Nigeria is now indeed an independent sovereign nation.

Words cannot adequately express my joy and pride at being the Nigerian citizen privileged to accept from Her Royal Highness these Constitutional Instruments which are the symbols of Nigeria’s Independence. It is a unique privilege which I shall remember for ever, and it gives me strength and courage as I dedicate my life to the service of our country.

This is a wonderful day, and it is all the more wonderful because we have awaited it with increasing impatience, compelled to watch one country after another overtaking us on the road when we had so nearly reached our goal. But now we have acquired our rightful status, and I feel sure that history will show that the building of our nation proceeded at the wisest pace: it has been thorough, and Nigeria now stands well-built upon firm foundations.

Today’s ceremony marks the culmination of a process which began fifteen years ago and has now reached a happy and successful conclusion. It is with justifiable pride that we claim the achievement of our Independence to be unparalleled in the annals of history. Each step of our constitutional advance has been purposefully and peacefully planned with full and open consultation, not only between representatives of all the various interests in Nigeria but in harmonious cooperation with the administering power which has today relinquished its authority.

At the time when our constitutional development entered upon its final phase, the emphasis was largely upon self-government. We, the elected representatives of the people of Nigeria, concentrated on proving that we were fully capable of managing our own affairs both internally and as a nation. However, we were not to be allowed the selfish luxury of focusing our interest on our own homes. In these days of rapid communications we cannot live in isolation, apart from the rest of the world, even if we wished to do so. All too soon it has become evident that for us Independence implies a great deal more than self-government. This great country, which has now emerged without bitterness or bloodshed, finds that she must at once be ready to deal with grave international issues.

This fact has of recent months been unhappily emphasised by the startling events which have occurred in this continent. I shall not labour the point but it would be unrealistic not to draw attention first to the awe-inspiring task confronting us at the very start of our nationhood. When this day in October 1960 was chosen for our Independence it seemed that we were destined to move with quiet dignity to place on the world stage. Recent events have changed the scene beyond recognition, so that we find ourselves today being tested to the utmost We are called upon immediately to show that our claims to responsible government are well-founded, and having been accepted as an indepedent state we must at once play an active part in maintaining the peace of the world and in preserving civilisation. I promise you, we shall not fail for want of determination.

And we come to this task better-equipped than many. For this, I pay tribute to the manner in which successive British Governments have gradually transferred the burden of responsibility to our shoulders. The assistance and unfailing encouragement which we have received from each Secretary of State for the Colonies and their intense personal interest in our development has immeasurably lightened that burden.

All our friends in the Colonial Office must today be proud of their handiwork and in the knowledge that they have helped to lay the foundations of a lasting friendship between our two nations. I have indeed every confidence that, based on the happy experience of a successful partnership, our future relations with the United Kingdom will be more cordial than ever, bound together, as we shall be in the Commonwealth, by a common allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, whom today we proudly acclaim as Queen of Nigeria and Head of the Commonwealth.

Time will not permit the individual mention of all those friends, many of them Nigerians, whose selfless labours have contributed to our Independence. Some have not lived to see the fulfilment of their hopes on them be peace, “but nevertheless they are remembered here, and the names of buildings and streets and roads and bridges throughout the country recall to our minds their achievements, some of them on a national scale. Others confined, perhaps, to a small area in one Division, are more humble but of equal value in the sum-total.

Today, we have with us representatives of those who have made Nigeria: Representatives of the Regional Governments, of former Central Governments, of the Missionary Societies, and of the Banking and Commercial enterprises, and members, both past and present, of the Public Service. We welcome you, and we rejoice that you have been able to come and share in our celebrations. We wish that it could have been possible for all of those whom you represent to be here today: Many, I know, will be disappointed to be absent, but if they are listening to me now, I say to them, “Thank you on behalf of my Thank you for your devoted service which helped build up Nigeria into a nation. Today we are reaping the harvest which you sowed, and the quality of the harvest is equalled only by our gratitude to you. May God bless you all.

This is an occasion when our hearts are filled with conflicting emotions: we are, indeed, proud to have achieved our independence, and proud that our efforts should have contributed to this happy event. But do not mistake our pride for arrogance. It is tempered by feelings of sincere gratitude to all who have shared in the task of developing Nigeria politically, socially and economically. We are grateful to the British officers whom we have known, first as masters, and then as leaders, and finally as partners, but always as friends. And there have been countless missionaries who have laboured unceasingly in the cause of education and to whom we owe many of our medical services. We are grateful also to those who have brought modern methods of banking and of commerce, and new industries. I wish to pay tribute to all of these people and to declare our everlasting admiration of their devotion to duty.

And, finally, I must express our gratitude to Her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra of Kent for personally bringing to us these symbols of our freedom, and especially for delivering the gracious message from Her Majesty The Queen. And so, with the words “God save our Queen”, I open a new chapter in the history of Nigeria, and of the Commonwealth, and indeed of the world.