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ALA IMO STATE WU OKE MBA

Owerri, Imo State

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I read alot of Mor0ns asking the op to display pictures as if he owes them a favour. One debased simpleton even made a fallacious comment that Owerri will not come near Enugu in 100 years even when this thread did not mention Enugu. We have alot of unintelligent people who are yet to understand the need to blow up your achievement and downplay your weakness. Rochas has performed below expectation in his second term that does not mean we should downgrade our State and region by posting, saying and writing rubbish on the internet where an investor who wants to invest in Imo State or South East will google and see rubbish posted about our State or South East long after Rochas or other SE governors must have left power.

THE UNBIASED TRUTH IS THAT IMO STATE IS AMONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND HOSPITABLE PLACES IN NIGERIA.

This confused, biased, clueless, dictatorial and evil APC government headed by the uneducated Buhari is out to destroy Nigeria with unnecessary distractions, economic destruction, social disorder and political instability and unrest. This is what you get when you vote a clueless bigoted illiterate tyrant as President. Nigerians are not happy with the present state of the economy yet the coconut head is busy chasing shadows with zombies cheering him on. When the time comes zombies would be the worse hit.

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Infrastructural Decay in South Western Nigeria – Prof. Jide Osuntokun
January 5th, 2013 posted by NigerianMuse // Categories: Nigeriawatch

I have a feeling that what I am going to write about the South Western part of Nigeria would be true of the entire country. But for clarity, it is better to begin from the particular to the general.

I live in Ibadan and in the Redemption Camp in Mowe, Ogun State and I commute between Lagos and Ibadan every week. I also travel regularly between Ibadan and Ado-Ekiti and between Akure and Ilesha. I have also had to travel for research purposes between Ibadan, Oyo, Ogbomosho and Ilorin. The only major axis of the South-west routes which I do not frequent is Lagos-Abeokuta road and Abeokuta-Ibadan road.

I had written in the past about the need to connect Sokoto with Badagry which was in the masterplan in road development in this country. If done, this would have relieved the Lagos, Ibadan, Ilorin axis considerably. I am also of the opinion that the Maiduguri-Calabar road needs to be developed in order to ease the transportation of goods from the coast to the North-east. I am also an avid er of the coastal route from Lagos going through Warri, Port-Harcourt to Calabar. If done, this will have the effect of the opening up vast areas along the coast for exploitation and development. That belt would provide all the paddy field necessary for the production of rice for the entire country. In short, a comprehensive road development of the country remains a necessary condition for economic development.

This is not rocket science; it is what anybody with some modicum of intelligence can understand. If done pari pasu with railway development, this country will be opened up for business. Until this is done, we are just wasting our time. It is a truism that a country that is not in permanent motion is stagnant. In advanced countries, there is usually an integration of all transportation grid involving air, sea, river, surface train, street train, underground train and road network. Anybody who has ever been to Western Europe and the United States would appreciate this point. This is why it is so sad that the only way we move around in Nigeria is by road transportation even though we have two major rivers, Benue and Niger, they are hardly used. Everybody is travelling by road and because of this, the rate of mortality and morbidity on our road is one of the highest in the world.

This preambular statement is an important background against which my discourse on the South-west will be placed. Whether for good or for bad, the major entry points into Nigeria is Lagos whether by air or by sea. Because of this and as a former capital of the country, Lagos remains the hub of transportation network in Nigeria. It does not matter where you live in the country, Lagos plays an important role in the lives of our people. Most of the goods coming into the country come through Lagos and most of the agricultural products exported out of the country goes through Lagos. At least 60% of the air traffic to and from Nigeria has Lagos has its departure or arrival point. It follows therefore that any serious government must keep the transportation lines to Lagos free all the time because every gridlock in of movement of goods and people undermines the economy.

This is why it is the height if idiocy that there is only one major road linking Lagos to the North and the East and this is the so called expressway from Lagos-Ibadan and Benin. The Lagos-Ibadan expressway built about 30years ago has collapsed because ab-initio this road was not built to carry the kind of loads it is carrying. Since 1999, this road has not been touched by the federal government. As if to rub salt into our injury the road was given to Bi-Courtney on concessionary basis. After three years, the concession has now been cancelled. We are not interested in the reasons for the cancellation, what interests this writer is the fact that thousands of souls have perished in the course of the three years the road was held hostage by Bi-Courtney.

It is surprising that the most important road in the country was used as an experiment and a guinea pig in somebody’s fanciful theory of privatization as the mode of economic development. As far as I know, there was no ment and no competition before the road was concessioned to the company that has proved unable to do the job. Nigerians, not only from the South-western part of the country but from everywhere are now victims of this arbitrariness. One of the things that amaze one in this country is the lack of scientific basis of policy formulation. Thus we have a situation where the Lagos-Ibadan road linking the South-west to the North is put on the same pedestal as any other road in the country just for the sake of federal character and geographical balance. We forget that this axis of Lagos-Ibadan-Oyo-Ogbomosho-Ilorin-Kaduna-Kano is where more than two-thirds of the Nigeria population lives. Development is about people, it is not about land. This is what our politicians and policy makers should understand. I am for equal and balanced development, for equitable share of development but it must be people based and people oriented. A situation where the money used in building 10 lane express road between Abuja Airport and Abuja city is freely allocated and disbursed while totally neglecting the centres of population calls into question whether planners in this country are sane or absolutely raving mad.

Some have suggested that there is a deliberate policy of neglect, isolation and marginalization of the South-west by this present Federal Government. There is a plausible case that can be made but I will refuse to make it. This is because since 1999 well before this government came into power, the South-west has suffered total abandonment and neglect. The Ibadan-Ilorin expressway was awarded for construction and we were told that funds had been sourced from ADB (African Development Bank). The road itself is less than 150km in fact Ibadan is almost equidistant from Lagos as it is from Ilorin. In these 14 years, it is only a stretch of about 25km that has been constructed on this highway. The state of the Lagos-Abeokuta highway awarded at the same time leaves much to be desired and the road stopped in Abeokuta instead of continuing to Ibadan. The Ibadan-Ife road that was scheduled to continue to Akure, the center of Cocoa production in Nigeria stopped abruptly after Ilesha and even this shortened form of the express road has virtually been abandoned. The Akure Ado-Ekiti road, Akure-Ilesha road, and the Osogbo, Iwo, Ibadan road suffered the same neglect as other roads in South-west part of Nigeria that are federal roads. The policy of neglect if not the policy of President Jonathan must be the policy of the PDP, a policy that started under Olusegun Obasanjo in 1999.

As I stated, I would not want to blame President Jonathan for the neglect of the South-west even though the signs of marginalization are everywhere in road construction and in appointments. Whatever the case maybe, the cumulative decay of infrastructure in the South-west is on the watch of President Jonathan and he has to do something about it. We have a saying in my place that when a baby’s head is wrongly positioned on the back of his mother in the market, it is the duty of any old person to put the situation right. This is what I am doing. My credo is that; if any part of Nigeria is hurting, the whole country suffers greatly. What is good for the South-west would also be good for the South-east and for the much neglected North-east, a neglect that has bred the rebellion camouflaging under the rubric of Boko haram. A lot of injustice has been committed in this country and we need to start making things right for everybody. Redressing obvious neglect in one area, while abandonment and marginalizing other areas is not in the interest of the country. We should embrace the Jeremy Benthamite’s doctrine of ensuring the happiness of the greatest number of our people.

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20130105034211zg/nigeria-watch/infrastrucural-decay-in-south-western-nigeria/

BY EVELYN USMAN & EBUN SESSOU Looking curiously as this reporter approached her make-shift restaurant around J4 , Aketegbo community in Seme Badagry area of Lagos two weeks ago, mama Rilwan as she is popularly called, stood up from her seat, apparently thinking the stranger had come to patronize her.’ ki lefe ra?(what do you want to buy ?) she asked. But when this writer disclosed her mission, the seeming expectation on her face dropped, giving way to a sad expression of a memory she never wishes to recall. She immediately beckoned on two teenagers later discovered to be her children to take over the stand while she went inside the shop, with this reporter following with caution. After a long silence accompanied with a long stare at this reporter, she said: “ I recognize you now. You were here in 2007 when the incident that threw my entire life upside down occurred. My son, Rilwan would have been 20 years this month (June), had he not been sent to an early grave by my neighbor. He was my first child and also my back bone”.Ritual-killings Tried as she could to control her emotion as she spoke, her strength failed her. Tears trickled down her cheeks. All was going on well for the food vendor until September 1, 2007, when her son , Rilwan , was reported missing. Three days later, his remains were found with the throat slashed, signifying that he could have been a victim of ritual killing which was said to be common in the area. Accusing finger was pointed at one Muyideen Salam whose shop was close to the deceased’s mother’s place. He was said to have been seen with the deceased before his disappearance. After much persuasion which took a brutal dimension, Muyideen confirmed everyone’s fears, by confessing that he killed Rilwan and used his blood for money ritual. In an interview with Sunday Vanguard at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba , seven years ago (published October 7, 2007)the then 35 year-old Muyideen gave a chilling of how he gruesomely murdered the teenager and drained his blood, with the help of his friend, one Nuru. Strange as this sounded, Muyideen disclosed that he was sent to get the blood of a virgin by a herbalist with which to prepare the concoction he would use to bath for nine days, after which he would become rich. But he never lived to see his devilish wish come true ,even though he succeeded in killing the teenager. This was as a result of his arrest by policemen at Seme division . He was convicted for murder. Muyideen’s startling confession was, no doubt, a reflection of a society that is fast becoming bestial. Killing of human beings for rituals or whatever reason, dates back to the ancient times when people used to appease the gods of the land with human blood and for the purpose of winning wars. Twins, who were considered an abomination, were killed until its abolition through Mary Slessor’s missionary works. One would have expected that such pseudoscience should rather be imagined than witnessed in Nigeria in this 21st century, when other countries of the world are experimenting and advancing in technology. More baffling is the fact that some Nigerians still indulge in such superstitious process of ritual killings in spite of the escalation of religious groups across the country as well as the exposure of majority of the populace to education and Western culture. SOKA-1 Sadly, even some acclaimed high and mighty indulge in ritual killings. Some politicians and government officials have been accused by arrested suspects (and herbalists), alleging that they use human beings for rituals in order to sustain their affluence as well as to remain in power. Records also show that cases of ritual killings and subsequent disappearance of persons are usually on the increase whenever elections are around the corner. In Lagos state for instance, about fifteen cases of kidnap attempts have reportedly been recorded in the last four months. One of the foiled attempts was at Ori-oke, in Ejigbo local council development area, two months ago, where a woman who kidnapped two primary school pupils was heard describing them as goods to an unknown person on the phone. The saddest part of this evil act is that hundreds of victims of ritual murders only get mentioned as missing persons. While some manage, by sheer stroke of providence to escape the slaughters’ slab, others never live to share their ordeal with any person. Investigation by Saturday Vanguard revealed that agents of these vampires who hide in forests and other unknown places are spread across the country, lying in wait like a hungry lion for their preys. Majority of their victims are innocent school children, poor street hawkers, commercial sex workers, stranded visitors and unsuspecting commuters. Watch out for these black spots Investigation carried out by Saturday Vanguard showed that black spots where these agents prowl include areas like Otta, Ibafo and Mowe , all in Ogun state, Epe, Ikorodu, Shagamu Road Isheri/Olowo Ira,Cele Express along Oshodi/Apapa Expressway, Badagry axis, Ikeja, Toyota Bus-stop, Mile Two, Ajah,all in Lagos State; Lagos / Ibadan Express Road; Lagos/Benin by- in Edo State; Igwurita ,Rumuokoro in Port Harcourt, Rivers state; Ilorin/Oro Road in Kwara state; Lokoja, Abuja Highway in Kogi State and River Kaduna. Other areas are bush paths, markets, lonely environments, hotels and brothels, popular bus stopovers or terminals, and other hot spots across the country. Modus Operandi Some of these agents, most times disguise as lunatics. A typical case in mind was that Clifford Orji who was arrested under the bridge at Toyota Bus-stop along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, Lagos with human parts in 2001.He confessed to be selling human parts to prominent Nigerians who undoubtedly used them for ritual purposes. The amazing thing about this peculiar case was the fact that Orji who later died while in Prison custody, was presumed a lunatic. Unknown to ers-by, he only masqueraded as a mad man in order to achieve his sinister motives. Investigations further revealed that one of their ways is to attack job seekers. They print fliers for recruitment. Some even go the extra mile to for vacancies in national dailies. They then send text messages or email to applicants, informing that they have been listed for the job and will be invited for interviews. In many cases, hotels turn out to be the venues for the interviews. At this point, if the prospective applicant gets to the designated hotel, he/she will reportedly be hypnotized and thereafter taken to the slaughter’s slab which is usually in the bush or some remote places. At other times, an applicant will be informed that the venue for interview has changed on reaching the hotel, from where they will provide a vehicle, which unknown to the applicants, have been sprayed with substance that automatically puts them to sleep. Barely four months ago, Nigerians received with shock, news of a den in Soka village, Oluyole Local Government area of Oyo state, where about 20 corpses, majority of which were declared missing by their relatives were found and 18 victims were rescued. From all indications, it was obvious that the den has been existing for long before it was uncovered, following a heap of victims’ clothes. One of the rescued victims was reported to have said he was kidnapped in Ogun while attending an interview. Female parts Investigation shows that female parts are more in demand than their male counterparts. This is because of what was described as the potency of some parts like the breasts and lower private parts in money rituals and other purposes by herbalists and occult groups. Virgins and babies on the other hand are also reportedly used by some politicians and government officials for ritual purposes as their blood is said to be used to elongate the ’s life span as well as fortify them against spiritual attacks. Security hints at Saturday’s Vanguard’s disposal reveal that sometimes, these ‘celebrities’ employ the services of some restaurant owners, hotel operators and their trusted domestic workers to get them virgins who are subsequently murdered for ritual purposes. Majority of girls who have fallen prey to these death traps were discovered to be secondary school students as well as those in tertiary institutions as they were at the initial stage carried away by money and expensive gifts from their assailants. A particular case in mind was that of a South-West politician alleged to have been caught by his driver with a dissected day-old baby whose blood he was drinking. The incident as reported two years ago, occurred inside a bush, while the driver was taking his boss (names withheld) to a purported function. Half way into the journey, the politician was said to have ordered his driver to pull over. *Joshua caught with some human skeletons *Joshua caught with some human skeletons He thereafter, alighted and headed for a bush with a promise to be back. Having waited without any sight of his boss, the ignorant and curious driver reportedly went in search for him,only to meet him stark naked and pouring the blood of a dissected baby into his mouth. Barely two weeks later, the driver reportedly died under mysterious circumstance. The event that occurred before his death was related by a Pastor friend whom the deceased confided in before his demise. The lust for money and power drives these people into ritual killings. While some kill to achieve this unfathomable dream, others resort to digging graves and removing needed human parts for ritual purpose. Saturday Vanguard scooped that most guards at cemeteries connive with agents to sell human parts. It was learnt that if a fresh human head is needed, an agent will some cemetery workers ahead. In this case, the cemetery official will be on the look out for fresh dead bodies, preferably those of Muslims who are usually buried within 24 hours after death. Immediately the body is interred, cemetery worker will exhume the body at night, cut off the needed parts and place the body back in the grave. Human parts for sale Those who patronize cemetery officials are usually herbalists, herbal traders and even prominent Nigerians who usually use middle men. Surprisingly, human parts are sold in some markets in Nigeria. We gathered that a fresh human head could go for N60,000 and above, while a skull is sold for N20,000. Fresh legs are sold for N30,000 each while a decomposed leg is sold for N20,000. A fresh finger is sold for N5,000 each while the decomposed is sold for 3,000. Fresh intestines are sold for N20,000 while dry ones are sold for N5000. Pieces of fresh bones are sold for N2,000 and above. ogun-RITUAL Arrests made Five months ago, the Oyo State Police Command, arrested a Muslim cleric, one Alfa Gbolagade Dauda Ileanwo, in Agbaje area of Ibadan with three human skulls and charms. The suspect, according to the command, confessed that he had been in the trade for ten years. Though he claimed to be using the human parts for concoctions to assist sterile women, his accomplice, Saheed Azeez, countered the claim, stating rather that his boss was into money making rituals. The command also arrested two other suspected ritual killers,Musa Dauda and Sango Olojo-Onile with a human head and two heel bones. During interrogation, Dauda revealed that the human parts were removed from a grave at Ojetete village, Kisi, for money ritual. Olojo-Onile according to the command was arrested in April with a fresh head of a woman which still had cotton wool stuck inside the ears. Also in Epe, the lifeless body of a 68-year-old man,Ade Lekuti, earlier declared missing was discovered at Owode, near Ogombo in Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos State, with the head, hands and private organs cut off. Surprisingly, the alleged killer was discovered to be his in-law, one Teju Rajimu. The suspect according to the deceased’s family, confessed to have given the missing parts to a herbalist who prepared concoction with them for him. The missing parts were reportedly pounded into powdery form and mixed with a greasy substance which was discovered in the suspect’s apartment. Similarly, in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, a three-man gang led by one Kamaru Yusuf allegedly beheaded one Omobola Moses at Ira, a village in Oyun Local Government Area. The deceased who was a niece to one of the suspects, was reportedly lured from her parents’ abode into a bush where her head was severed. The suspects, according to report, confessed that they took the head to a 52-year-old herbalist whose name they gave as Saliu Oyewole, for money ritual. In the same vein, residents of Bale Ilado village in Morogbo area of Lagos State were thrown into panic recently after a member of the community identified as Segun Adisa allegedly beheaded his own father for money ritual . However, in his confessional statement to the Police, the suspect claimed that he had to strike first to prevent his father whom he claimed earlier took him to a shrine where he claimed there was an attempt to kill him for money ritual.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/07/horror-ritual-killings-everywhere-inspite-civilization/

South West is a Big Backward Slum

**** STOP MAKING USELESS COMMENTS. NO PRESIDENT HAS ENCOURAGE THE DESTRUCTION OF LIVES AND PROPERTIES ACROSS THE NATION LIKE BUHARI. HOW COME THE BARBARIC FULANI HERDSMEN WENT ON A NATIONAL KILLING AND DESTRUCTION SPREE ACROSS THE NATION WITHOUT ANY EFFORT TO CONDEMN OR STOP THEM BY THE BUHARI FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? IS BECAUSE THEY ARE HIS FULANI TRIBES MEN AND HIM THEIR GRAND PATRON? THIS GOVERNMENT OF SHAME WILL FAIL.

KinkyAngela:
Trying to politicise the whole issue would not solve the problem. Turning it into a PDPvsAPC matter is not the solution. PDP were in power when the Senator representing Plateau North, Senator Dalyop Dantong, was killed in 2012 by these same Fulani Militia's after his community had been sacked earlier. The Fulani Herdsmen madness did not start today

Buhari is a wicked fulani tribal bigot, a notorious religious fanatic, a clueless tyrant and a semi-illitrate who is not worthy to be a president of a cosmopolitan country like Nigeria. How else can one describe a president who protect and encourages his Fulani herdsmen brothers to wreck havoc all over the country ? This APC government of shame will soon fail and fall completely.

Thats good.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
Shell came to reclaim Shell Camp because they want to relocate their headquarters back to Imo State.

The company wants to concentrate on gas exploration & production and since they have their highest Gas cache in Ohaji, Imo State, their concentration is now geared towards building the largest Gas Company in Africa there.

BUHARI HAVE NOT CONDEMNED THE BABARIC FULANI HERDSMEN OR MADE ANY STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT. THIS IS JUST A POOR ATTEMPT BY LIAR MOHOMMED TO LIE AND DECEIVE THE GULLIBLE BY SAYING WHAT THE MASSES WANT TO HEAR BUT THE TRUTH IS THAT BUHARI HAS NOT CONDEMNED, COMMENT OR SHOW ANY SIGN OF DISPLEASURE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF HIS FULANI HERDSMEN BROTHERS INSTEAD HE ENCOURAGES THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE HIS TRIBES MEN AND HIM THEIR GRAND PATRON. THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU APPOINT AN ILL EDUCATED PRESIDENT WHO IS AN ETHNIC BIGOT, TYRANT, WICKED AND A RELIGIOUS FUNDAMENTALIST.

BUHARI AND HIS WICKED GOVERNMENT WILL FAIL

Buhari is a tyrant, ethnic bigot and a religious fanatics. God will soon destroy him as his wicked government. A president who encourages his fulani ethnic group to engage in wanton destruction of lives and properties with the confidence that their brother Buhari who is the President will protect and defend them is not worthy and fit to be called president. WHERE ARE THE DSS AND ARMY THAT WERE QUICK TO SPECULATE A FALSE DEATH OF FAKE HERDSMEN AND ARREST THE INNOCENT ENUGU FARMERS WHO WANTED TO PROTEST THE BARBARIC ATTITUDE OF THE FULANI HERDSMEN? THIS APC GOVERNMENT OF SHAME WILL FAIL TOTALLY IN ITS ISLAMISATION AND LAND GRABBING AGENDA. NONSENCE GOVERNMENT.

Buhari is a tribal bigot and religious fanatic.

Nice one

Texcoco:
Simple task we do in our 10 hectare farmland here in Abuja, simply put we invest some money in oranges and Klin detergent,also invest in a little time inoculating spent oranges with the detergent before scattering this home made bio-weapon about their cattle routes especially around or in or close to your property ....One or a dozen cattle deaths will do the trick chasing these herdsmen away without even a word or confrontation..Thank us later.

WHERE ARE THE STUP1D DSS.

Ikemba Ojukwu is a Brave and Great man.

Imo State is a very nice place to live and invest.

ALA IMO STATE WU OKE MBA !!!

OWERRI RANKS AMONG THE BEST STATE CAPITAL IN NIGERIA. Imo State is a very nice place to live and invest.

ALA IMO STATE WU OKE MBA !!!

Irrational way of thinking.

ckmayoca:
The National Council of Muslim Youth Organisations, NACOMYO, Southern zone, has called on Nigerians to be patient with Buhari-led istration, adding that the government’s efforts will soon yield dividend of democracy.
The call is contained in a communique tly signed by the National Vice President, Alhaji Mustapha Balogun and the Secretary, Abdul Mojeed Momoh and made public at the end of its 3rd annual Da’wah retreat held in Ado-Ekiti.

The group said, “The Nigerian State is going through a particularly difficult time.

While we recognize that though the problems have been long in existence yet, the populace holds the hope that the result of government’s efforts to combat the problems would be swift in coming.

“The Council noted with grave concern the spate of kidnappings in the South East and South-South regions urging government to step up security of lives and property of the citizenry.

“In the same vein, the political violence in Bayelsa and Rivers States, cultism in the South-South and ritual killings in the South West are becoming worrisome as these have resulted in unnecessary loss of lives and property in those States.”

Reacting to the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Camp situated in Edo State, South-south Nigeria, the council stated that it ed and appreciated the efforts of governments, religious bodies and civil society groups in offering succor to the displaced citizens in the North East, but regretted that the Christians see it as an opportunity to further their evangelical mission.


The statement added, “We are, however, dismayed that a Christian group in Edo State – International Christian Centre for Mission – is taking advantage of the sufferings of some of the hapless people of the North East to further their evangelical mission.”

http://dailypost.ng/2016/04/22/christians-taking-advantage-of-suffering-people-in-north-east-to-further-evangelical-mission-nacomyo/

lol

PhockPhockMan:
LET'S THINK DEEP.

Buhari said in 2003 that he has 150 cows,

in 2007 150 cows,

in 2011 150 cows,

and also in 2015 the same 150 cows,

then i ask ?

This ‪Buhari‬'s cows are they using Condoms ?

If buhari's cow dont multiply, how can ‪Nigeria‬ Economy grow under him?

Nonsense

modath:



: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/04/ngozi-okonjo-iweala-sin-cowardice/

OWERRI RANKS AMONG THE BEST STATE CAPITAL IN NIGERIA. Imo State is a very nice place to live and invest

OWERRI RANKS AMONG THE BEST STATE CAPITAL IN NIGERIA. Imo State is a very nice place to live and invest