GUN VIOLENCE IN AMERICA: FOR WHO THE BELL TOLLS NEXT.

Just five people shy of Sandy Hook elementary school mass shooting incident that claimed 26 lives, the Uvalde Texas Robb elementary school mass shooting at 21 victims, now ranks among the highest grossing gun carnage in America. It is sad that such frequent blood spilling has tragically become part of our culture as a society. May the souls of the killed now rest.

25th AMENDMENT: ITS NOW ALL CRICKET.

Madam Speaker Nancy Pelosi once questioned former President Donald John Trump's fitness to remain in office due to what she claimed was his declining mental capacity. Does anyone know what Madam Speaker presently thinks about the incontrovertible case which America is now saddled with? Just curious!

WHO WILL REBUILD UKRAINE?

The West should convert frozen Russian assets, both state's and oligarchs' owned, into a full seizure and set them aside for the future rebuilding of Ukraine. Like the Marshal Plan, call it the Putin Plan.

A HERO IS BORN.

I am staying put. I will not run away and abandon my people. The fight is here in Ukraine. What I need are weapons and ammunitions, not a ride out of town like former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani - President Volodymyr Zelensky.

IT IS WHAT IT IS.

"There is too much hate in America because there is too much anger in America." - Trevor Noah.

WORD!

A life without challenges is not a life lived at all. A life lived is a life that has problems, confronts problems, solves problems and then learns from problems. - Tunde Fashola.

NOW, YOU KNOW.

When fishing for love, bait with your heart and not your brain, because you cannot rationalize love. - Mark Twain.

JUST THE FACT.

In our country, you can shoot and kill a nigger, but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings - Dave Chappelle

DO YOU?.

“What you believe in can only be defined by what you’re willing to risk for it." - Stuart Scheller.

HEDGE YOUR CRISIS.

Never get in bed with a woman whose problems are worse than yours. - Chicago PD.

PROBLEM SOLVED.

'The best way to keep peace is to be ready to destroy evil. If you Pearl Harbor me, I Nagasaki you.' - Ted Nugent.

OUR SHARED HUMANITY.

Empathy is at the heart of who we are as human beings. - Cardinal Matthew Kukah.

WORDS ON MARBLE.

"Birth is agony. Life is hard. Death is cruel." - Japanese pithy.

REPENT OR PERISH - POPE.

Homosexuality is a sin. It is not ordained by God, therefore same sex marriage cannot be blessed by the church - Pope Francis.

CANCEL CULTURE IS CORROSIVE.


FOR SAKE OF COUNTRY.


MAGA LIVES ON: NO RETREAT, NO SURRENDER!

TWITTER IS BORING WITHOUT HIS TWEETS. #RestorePresidentTrump'sTwitterHandle.


WORD.

"If you cannot speak the truth when it matters, then nothing else you says matters.” - Tucker Carlson.

#MeToo MOVEMENT: A BAD NEWS GONE CRAZY.

"To all the women who testified, we may have different truth, but I have a great remorse for all of you. I have great remorse for all of the men and women going through this crisis right now in our country. You know, the movement started basically with me, and I think what happened, you know, I was the first example, and now there are thousands of men who are being accused and a regeneration of things that I think none of us understood. I’m not going to say these aren’t great people. I had wonderful times with these people. I’m just genuinely confused. Men are confused about this issue. We are going through this #MeToo movement crisis right now in this country." - Harvey Weinstein.


RON DELLUMS: UNAPOLOGETICALLY RADICAL.

"If it’s radical to oppose the insanity and cruelty of the Vietnam War, if it’s radical to oppose racism and sexism and all other forms of oppression, if it’s radical to want to alleviate poverty, hunger, disease, homelessness, and other forms of human misery, then I’m proud to be called a radical.” - Ron Vernie Dellums.


WHAT REALLY MATTERS IN LIFE - STEVE JOBS

“I reached the pinnacle of success in the business world. In others’ eyes, my life is an epitome of success. However, aside from work, I have little joy. Non-stop pursuing of wealth will only turn a person into a twisted being, just like me. God gave us the senses to let us feel the love in everyone’s heart, not the illusions brought about by wealth. Memories precipitated by love is the only true riches which will follow you, accompany you, giving you strength and light to go on. The most expensive bed in the world is the sick bed. You can employ someone to drive the car for you, make money for you but you cannot have someone to bear sickness for you. Material things lost can be found. But there is one thing that can never be found when it is lost – Life. Treasure Love for your family, love for your spouse, love for your friends. Treat yourself well. Cherish others.” - SJ

EVIL CANNOT BE TRULY DESTROYED.

"The threat of evil is ever present. We can contain it as long as we stay vigilant, but it can never truly be destroyed. - Lorraine Warren (Annabelle, the movie)


ONLY THE POOR WISH THEY HAD STUFF?

“I’m not that interested in material things. As long as I find a good bed that I can sleep in, that’s enough.” - Nicolas Berggruem, the homeless billionaire.

Monday, August 8, 2011

MAJOR MUSTAPHA'S CONFESSION, TRUTH COULD COME FROM AN IMBECILE?

Icheoku says before Nigerians dismiss Major Hamza al-Mustapha's confessional on the murder of Chief MKO Abiola by the then Nigeria state as a none issue, they should first grasp the two major issues triggered by his confession and try investigating same:-


1. That Chief Moshood Kashimawo Oluwole Abiola was murdered by the Nigerian State and
2. That the his ethnic Yoruba people were complicit in his murder and/or the attempt at its cover up?

Icheoku says Nigerians should please not rush to throw away the baby with the bath water and instead actively investigate the allegation or rather confession of Major Hamza al - Mustapha. Major Mustapha was an insider in the government that detained Abiola and is possibly with real direct knowledge of the circumstances surrounding the death of Abiola. He was also part of the transition that saw the emergence of the succeeding government of Abubakar Abdulsalami and probably had an insight on what transpired, leading to Abiola's death and cannot possibly be bluffing with such a magnitude of heinous and grave allegation of accusing Abdulsalami with Abiola's murder. 

Icheoku also heard that the true reason why Attorney General Bola Ige was assassinated was his quest to investigate the circumstances surrounding Abiola's death as well as other unsolved murders in Nigeria. So the question is are Nigerians going to dismiss Mustapha's allegation and sweep same under the carpet or are they going to demand that all that were complicit in his murder be brought to justice or better still demand to know why the man they elected president was so brutally killed in custody?

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  1. Summon Abubakar over Abiola’s death – Rights group
    By Jude Owuamanam, Jos
    Saturday, 13 Aug 2011

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    A human rights group, Christian Foundation for Social Justice and Equity, has asked security agencies to summon and interrogate a former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, over the revelations by a former Chief Security Officer, Major Hamza Al-Mustapha.


    Al-Mustapha, who worked with the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, is standing trial at a Lagos High Court for the alleged killing of Alhaja Kudirat Abiola, the wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief MKO Abiola.


    He was quoted to have said that the former head of state was privy to the death of Abiola.


    Mustapha had alleged during his evidence-in-chief that a former Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, the late Chief Bola Ige (SAN), and other Yoruba leaders were unconsciously used in the murder of Abiola.


    The executive chairman of the group, Mr. Joseph Sangosanya, told SATURDAY PUNCH in an interview in Jos on Thursday, that it was only Abubakar that could clear the haze over Abiola’s death.


    He said, “Al-Mustapha’s testimonies raised some potent questions on Abiola’s death. Who murdered Abiola? Why did Abubakar refuse to release Abiola after Abacha’s demise until Abiola was poisoned in front of the then head of state?


    “What did Abubakar use the huge cash requested from the CBN for? Who were Abiola’s betrayers? Has the video recording shown not edited to suit Al-Mustapha’s case? Is Al-Mustapha not trying to divert our attention from the case he is standing trial for? Until these questions are answered, we may not get to the root of Abiola’s death or the pro-democracy activists killed by Sani Abacha.”


    Sangosanya said that Al-Mustapha’s grandstanding before the judge should be thoroughly investigated so as to know the truth about the events surrounding the June 12, 1993 presidential election, which was won by Abiola, but annulled by the junta led by Ibrahim Babangida.


    He said that while not justifying the long detention of Mustapha without bail or conviction, the situation had put a question mark on the country’s judicial system.


    “Although the allegations raised are not wholly new as some people had earlier believed that there were some compromises before and after Abiola’s death by some leaders, including Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba, who never wanted an Abiola presidency, the holier-than-thou and hypocritical attitude of the ex-CSO is quite unfortunate.


    “Where were Mustapha and his family when Abiola was under hell during his incarceration? Who ordered Col. Omenka to torture and torment NADECO members and the known supporters of the revalidation of the June 12 mandate? Who ordered the closure of Abiola’s businesses? On whose instructions were the then Abacha killer squads operating? Where was he when Abiola was murdered?” he queried

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