President Robert Mugabe, Icheoku calls on you to please go to your well deserved and earned retirement in order to live out your golden years in peace. You worked very hard for the independence of Zimbabwe and tried your best as their seat-tight president since 1980, but now is the time to pass on the baton. Icheoku says please do not let the Americans, the British and the French use you as a sacrificial offal for their gods, by giving them the reason to invade Zimbabwe. Do not give them a reason to parachute their marines into Zimbabwe in the middle of the night while you are fast asleep and as you know, the petty military force of Zimbabwe will not stand in the way of the corrosive military machine of the west. It will not be worth the cost to you and your rag-tag military. As you also very well know, they will always eventually win regardless of the toll on their men and treasury. Look at Iraq and advise yourself accordingly or how else do you want to be remembered? Cholera or no cholera, Robert Mugabe, you should just leave, having outlived your usefulness as president of the Zimbabwe people. Robert Mugabe, you should now make that difficult for African-leaders' transition from a head of state to an elder statesman and father of Zimbabwe with good pension; and advise the new generation-leaders from outside the government. If you want, some security guarantees could be hatched to avoid your being sent to the Hague on war crimes charges against the Zimbabwe people upon your exit from power. This is a natural cause of action should the west risk their men and treasury to invade Zimbabwe and Icheoku does not think that you, Robert Mugabe would wish that fate on your worst enemy, talk-less of yourself. Charles Taylor of Liberia is today being processed through the court in the Hague because he failed to yield at the first demand his office in Monrovia; eventually he was removed and is now being tried for war crimes. On a final note, Icheoku calls on Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe to yield power today and save Zimbabwe the thunder from the skies which is very imminent, judging from the increased octave of rhetoric from Washington, London and Paris! Why engage in a battle you cannot win, Robert Mugabe, more-so at such your very old Methuselah-like age of eighty plus? What is still the allure of power for a man of such very advanced old age if not the African power-curse? A man who achieved independence for his country Zimbabwe should now be celebrated like Nelson Mandela of South Africa and not still be active in world politics which now favors strongly, the invasion of Zimbabwe. Very arrogantly, Robert Mugabe the other day, said that there is no more cholera in Zimbabwe necessitating an invasion; but unbeknownst to him, that is only one of the many reasons requiring his removal from office. Robert Mugabe is a hold-over president who refused to respect the result of an election in Zimbabwe which elected the opposition and yield power. Also Robert Mugabe has trampled on the human rights of Zimbabwe people and such injustice calls for intervention. Robert Mugabe pissed off some western countries by revoking some land ownerships in Zimbabwe to their chagrin, so you see that it is just not cholera but a myriad of issues that only your exit from power will assuage the impending intervention. So today, Icheoku calls on you, Robert Mugabe to choose wisely and yield the office as only that will save your sorry ass!
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Christy 'Apena' Essien-Igbokwe , the wife of Jegede Shokoya of the New Masquerade and Nigeria's lady of songs is dead; she was 51years old. Although her family claimed that "brief Illness" killed her like so many Nigerians; Icheoku retorts that it was most likely AKwa Ibom voodoo and remote control that was used to arrest her. It is on record that she had fallen out with the governor of her native Akwa Ibiom State and have been having a relentless war for political turf with the governor? So who knows whether she was sacrificed to Ekpe cult or even Alusi-Okija as an offal; afterall African science is still very much alive and portent. May her soul rest in peace.
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UK caused cholera, says Zimbabwe
ReplyDeleteRobert Mugabe has said the West was plotting to use cholera to invade
The cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe which has left hundreds dead was caused by the UK, an ally of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has said.
Information Minister Sikhanyiso Ndlovu described the outbreak as a "genocidal onslaught on the people of Zimbabwe by the British".
On Thursday, Mr Mugabe said the spread of cholera had been halted.
But aid workers warned that the situation was worsening and the outbreak could last for months.
In his comments to media in Harare, Mr Ndlovu likened the appearance of cholera in Zimbabwe to a "serious biological chemical weapon" used by the British.
The Zimbabwean minister for information blames Britain for the cholera outbreak
He described it as "a calculated, racist, terrorist attack on Zimbabwe".
Mr Mugabe has already accused Western powers of plotting to use cholera as an excuse to invade and overthrow him.
Earlier on Friday a senior South African Anglican bishop said that Mr Mugabe should be seen as a "21st Century Hitler".
Bishop of Pretoria Joe Seoka called on churches to pray for his removal, the South African Press Association reports.
His comments came as the US ambassador to Zimbabwe warned that the country was turning into a "failed state". We need to commit ourselves to assist the refugees from Zimbabwe... remembering that the one we call our Lord and Saviour was a refugee in Egypt, fleeing the Mugabe of that period, King Herod
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the outbreak has not been contained and the death toll has increased to some 792 people, the AFP news agency reports.
The WHO has warned that the total number of cases could reach 60,000 unless the epidemic was stopped.
US ambassador James McGee blamed the outbreak on Zimbabwe's political crisis and the failed economic policies of its government.
He told reporters in Washington that hospitals in Harare remained closed, there was no rubbish collection and people were drinking from sewers.
See detailed map of cholera-affected areas
President Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have been deadlocked in power-sharing negotiations for several months.
"The situation is truly grim. One man and his cronies - Robert Mugabe - are holding this country hostage," Mr McGee said, AP news agency reports.
Bishop Seoka said that Mr Mugabe was a "person seemingly without conscience or remorse, and a murderer".
Cholera has spread because of Zimbabwe's failing health system
"I believe it is now an opportune moment for all the church leaders to follow the retired Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, to call on God to cause the removal Mugabe from the office of the President of Zimbabwe," he said, calling for the prayers to be held next Tuesday.
"The church in South Africa has done this before with the apartheid regime and there is no doubt that God will hear our prayers even today."
Several African and Western leaders have recently said it was time for Mr Mugabe to step down.
Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga said African countries should force him from power.
But the African Union has rejected such calls, saying a solution to Zimbabwe's problems must come from the power-sharing talks.
Bishop Seoka asked South Africans to show patience to Zimbabweans who have fled their homeland.
An estimated three million Zimbabweans are living in South Africa, and thousands cross over the border illegally every day.
More recently, hundreds have sought medical treatment because Zimbabwe's health service and water supply infrastructure have virtually collapsed.
Zimbabwe cholera is over, says Mugabe
ReplyDeleteZIMBABWE President Robert Mugabe has said there is no cholera in his country - as the United Nations warned the deadly epidemic was getting worse.
He also claimed Western powers were plotting to use cholera as an excuse to invade Zimbabwe and overthrow him. "Now that there is no cholera there is no cause for war," Mugabe said.
He spoke as a district in neighbouring South Africa was declared a disaster area because of the spreading disease, which has killed hundreds in Zimbabwe.
In a nationally televised speech, Mugabe said: "I am happy to say our doctors are being assisted by others and the WHO (World Health Organization) and they have now arrested cholera."
He went on to denounce former colonial power Britain, as well as French President, Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. President George Bush, who both called earlier this week for the 84-year-old to quit.
"Because of cholera, Mr. Brown, Mr. Sarkozy and Mr. Bush want military intervention," Mugabe said. He added: "Let's tell them that the cholera cause doesn't exist anymore."
He spoke out in the capital, Harare, at a state funeral for senior ruling party official Elliot Manyika, who died in a car crash over the weekend.
Shortly after Mugabe spoke, the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the toll from the disease had risen slightly overnight to 783 and that 16,403 were believed to have been infected.
The WHO has warned that the total number of cases could reach 60,000 unless the epidemic was stopped.
Hundreds of Zimbabweans have crossed the border to seek medical treatment because Zimbabwe's health service and water supply infrastructure have virtually collapsed.
President Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have been deadlocked in power-sharing negotiations for several months.
Mugabe also said in Thursday's speech: "Shall we also say that (because) there is mad cow disease, there must be war, Britain must be invaded. Mr. Brown, your head must go for some medical correction. We are not a threat to international peace, not a threat to our region."
There has been growing international pressure recently for Mugabe to step down. Britain has led calls for Mugabe to go. African countries like Botswana and Kenya have also said he should step down, but South Africa has refused to call on Mr. Mugabe to quit.
And the 53-member African Union said on Tuesday the only solution to Zimbabwe's crisis was the power-sharing talks.
On Monday, European Union nations ramped up the diplomatic pressure on Zimbabwe's government, broadening sanctions on President Mugabe and his inner circle.