MARTINE MOISE CHOSE NOT TO FLEE: A BLACK WIDOW OR A GRIEVING WIFE?

ICHEOKU says the widowed First Lady of Haiti abruptly ended her hospitalization in Miami Florida where she was being treated for gun shots wounds she received during the assassination of her late husband, the former Haiti's President Jovenel Moise and returned to Haiti. It was unannounced, leaving many people wondering if the internecine power struggle going on in Port-AU-Prince has taken a turn for the worse that she decided to wade in. Possibly, she wants to assert a claim of title to the presidency or better still, demand that she be allowed to finish what was left of her husband's term in office. She couldn't have just returned to Haiti, having not yet fully recovered, unless there was a burning reason necessitating it and possibly too, because she wants to be on the driver 's seat of the unfolding developments.

The fact that she returned wearing a bullet proof jacket shows that she strongly believes that her husband's assassination was an inside job and that she does not trust Haitian security authorities with her life; despite all the attempts made by them to refocus attention on some "gang" members and their hired mercenaries from Colombia. As ICHEOKU has always maintained, a president of a country cannot be so easily killed just like that, in his own home, on his own bed and inside his own bedroom. Where did all the presidential guards and security details go and if they were becoming overpowered, why did they not call for back up and if they did, why were they not dispatched and if, what took them so long in getting to the scene. They have not told the world how many presidential guards died defending the president; so yes, Martine Moise is righteously suspicious of the Haitian security apparatus. 

ICHEOKU says how could those assassins "riddle her husband with bullets" but very methodically, carefully and selectively only inflicted "superficial" wounds on her arm and thigh? Then an "angel Gabriel" suddenly appeared from nowhere to rescue her and rush her to a downtown to the General Hospital to bandage her up before she was medevacked to Fort Lauderdale and subsequently taken to Miami's Jackson Memorial Trauma center. There is a lot of gaps that needs filling up and further explanations; including how gunmen could swarm a bedroom where two people were sleeping and riddled one body and left the other practically untouched and both were supposedly lying under covers of bedsheets and/or blankets. How did they know at which position on the bed, inside a supposedly dark sleeping bedroom, to point and direct the muzzles of their automatic rifles, except somebody guided them? 

Unfortunately President Jovenel Moise is no longer available to speak on what happened as dead people don't talk, admitted they sometimes do through in-depth forensic investigation. Hopefully, the FBI will zero in on this apparent discrepancy and interrogate Madam First Lady Martine Moise to see if they can make her squeal. There is a lot of things that does not make sense in the whole tragic drama which is still unfolding in Haiti that they could easily pass for most unlikely coincidences. Exactly two weeks after Haiti's Supreme Court president Rene` Sylvestre died from "coronavirus" on June 23rd, a new Prime Minister designate Ariel Henry was named on July 5th but not sworn in. Then, two days later on July 7th, President Jovenel Moise was suddenly assassinated. 

Meanwhile, the incumbent Prime Minister Claude Joseph still has about eight days left in his mandate which was renewed on June 15th for 30 more days to expire on July 15th. It is also worth noting that the president of the Supreme Court was hospitalized since February 19th before suddenly succumbing to his illness on June 23rd. So, the question is why was the new prime minister not sworn in immediately or was his term to start upon the expiration of the incumbent Prime Minister's extended term, on July 15th? This will be the most reasonable interpretation of the situation; except that some ambassadors in Port-Au-Prince have now thrown themselves into the whole mess by backing the yet to be sworn in Prime Minister and bucking the current Prime Minister, who is legally and constitutionally in charge and whose term is yet to expire. 

ICHEOKU is of the opinion that Prime Minister Claude Joseph should continue to lead Haiti as the legitimate Prime Minister and not let those foreign countries who are trying to meddle with internal affairs of Haiti and who probably were the real mastermind of the assassination, succeed in forcing upon Haiti an unmanageable existential crisis. If the late president intended for the designate prime minister to resume his office immediately, he would have arranged for the next ranking Supreme Court Judge or Vice President of the court to swear him in immediately following the announcement. But he did not and the designate prime minister was not sworn in, which shows a deliberate intention on the part of the late president that the new prime minister will begin his term on July 15th. 

But as the world awaits the final resolution of the power vacuum in Port-Au-Prince, it is important that Martine Moise is closely looked into, to see if she had any role in what happened to her husband. Prime Minister Claude Joseph should also be fully investigated and so also does the entire Haiti top security apparatus deserve being looked into too as well. A country's president does not and cannot be so easily killed just like that without active involvement of some insiders. You can call it a palace coup if you like, but something is very fishy in the whole story of the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moise. May his soul trouble all those who conspired to kill him and succeeded in carrying out that execution; and may he never rest until they are all brought to justice. 

SUNDAY IGBOHO'S SURRENDER WILL BENEFIT ODUDUWA NATION AGITATION.

ICHEOKU says whether the message was received and its impact felt will be known in due course. Time will also tell whether the Nigerian government successfully intimidated Sunday Igboho into silence and inactivity, which the added measure of declaring him wanted was purposed for. He has gone into hiding but unfortunately, he is so attached to his base and cannot survive outside his base for long. 

Without his base, he will be feeling like a fish out of water which will make capturing him much easier or even hasten his surrender. Unlike other people who have at one time of the other been forced into self exile, including Gani Fawehinmi, Bola Tinubu and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu until his recent capture in Kenya, Sunday Igboho is not an exile material. He is a traditionalist who strongly relies on his juju which does not work abroad and he has a very limited education and vocation to pursue a life in exile. 

The purpose of the DSS raid was to break him and deprive him the will to carry on with the agitation for an independent Oduduwa Nation. They want to isolate him from the rest of Yoruba people and leave him hanging dry; and it seems they scored on that note as so many Yoruba people have gone radio silent since the raid. It is possible too that the Nigeria government first got the blessings of Bola Tinubu and other leading Yoruba Obas and personalities before they struck at Igboho's house. The DSS also seized his amulets and without them, he now fears for his life; which has forced him into hiding. But for how long can he hide without being caught or possibly even betrayed by a Yoruba person or at worse, being killed. 

But can he escape from Nigeria and go into exile until such a time when the country becomes conducive for him to return or at least until Muhammadu Buhari serves out his term in 2023? It might be difficult as he did not plan for such a contingency and he does not have a well oiled and functioning organization that would risk it all to help him escape from Nigeria and also caters for him outside Nigeria. He was surprised by the raid and the seizure of his amulets, destruction of his property and the killing of his two very close lieutenants left him devastated and the shock will be with him for a while. A traumatized and most likely now penniless Sunday Igboho was shafted by the raid and recovering enough to strategize on the way forward will not be an easy task. 

But if ICHEOKU were to advise him, will recommend that he surrender and hand himself over to the Nigerian government without any further delay, go through the whole process of arrest, detention and trial; and watch himself acquire a status which he does not have currently. He will become a larger than life personality and endear himself more in the hearts of millions of Yoruba people. He will become a bona fide Yoruba hero who paid the price for their liberation and they  will appreciate him more because of the sacrifice. Another good news for him too is that Yoruba have a good number of very senior lawyers, many of who will volunteer their service for him as soon as he surrenders. It comes with the territory as most people always want to identify with a hero and many of these lawyers will readily jump at the opportunity to be seen as  defending a Yoruba defender. 

Mazi Nnamdi Kanu was a few years ago an unknown quantity and relatively a nobody until the Nigeria government made him a world recognizable personality by the mistake of arresting him in his hotel room in Lagos. Thereafter IPOB grew in number and many more people rallied around him as a person who was doing something on behalf of the people and being penalized as a result. They took his cause as their own cause and that was exactly how Muhammadu Buhari created the "Frankenstein monster" Mazi Nnamdi Kanu that has become a wishbone in the neck of Nigeria today. Without Muhammadu Buhari giving Mazi Nnamdi Kanu the huge profile, "an existential threat to Nigeria" and giving oxygen to his IPOB organization, may be the organization would have since fizzled off alongside Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. 

But Buhari erred by providing him and his IPOB the fuel and rocket with which they launched into the stratosphere; and the invasion of his Afaraukwu Ibeku country home where over 28 IPOB were killed boosted their profile and it became fully established that the people were ready to die for the cause of Biafra restoration. What other manner of commitment is stronger than blood sacrifice and once done, many more people continue to lay themselves up to be sacrificed at the alter of the Nigerian State by confronting the Nigerian authorities, Army, Police, DSS, Navy, Customs and with it, IPOB and Mazi Nnamdi Kanu are now world wide names. With death fear is forever removed, otherwise what else can any government do to intimidate a people who are ready to die for a cause which they believe in. 

So, this is the fate which beckons on Oloye Sunday Igboho and he should take it with both hands now by surrendering himself to the Nigerian authorities and not give them a reason to waste him and be easily forgotten. He should transcend that fear of being detained or even being killed and watch himself transmute into a hero of the ranks of Obafemi Awolowo.  By going into detention on behalf of the Yoruba people, he will secure his insurance against even being killed by the Nigerian government. He will thereafter become the property of the entire Yoruba people whose cause he is fighting for and they will make sure that no harm comes to him in detention; and that he is protected and that he will not be another MKO Abiola without consequences. 

He was lucky to escape when the DSS raided his home and should count his blessings that the killer squad of the Nigeria government did not find him when they called because they would have summarily eliminated him at sight. That was their primary mission objective, otherwise they would not have come at such odd hour of the night with guns blazing. The two men they killed were also on their "elimination" list and they killed them in cold blood, with one of them shot at the back of the head while reciting his Islamic Koranic verses Muslim prayer on a mat. The DSS could have killed the rest but they were not on their to kill list and the destruction was purposefully maximized for a "shock and awe" effect; and to intimidate the agitators out of commission. But he might not be as lucky next time, the reason he should surrender now and not allow himself to be killed like a stray dog.

The shedding of blood at his home was a necessary sacrifice for the agitation and it should strengthen and take it to the next level. But first, Sunday Igboho must surrender in order for it to come full circle. His detention will force the Yoruba controlled media to go into an overdrive and it will also awaken other rather lukewarm Yoruba personalities into bracing the agitation. It happened with IPOB where despite the Nigeria government's killing of over 4000 Biafrans so far, they have not deterred IPOB nor diminished their resolve on the renewed clamor for an independent State of Biafra. The killing of the two Sunday Igboho's men is a much needed shot in the arm for the Oduduwa Nation agitation, but Sunday Igboho needs to do the needful by handing himself to the Nigerian government without any further ado and watch what follows next. #SundayIgbohoSurrender.

PRESIDENT TRUMP: IT IS TIME TO MOVE ON FROM THE NOVEMBER 3RD 2020.

ICHEOKU says the case has been made about the election and it is time to move on with a future-focused talking point and campaign messaging. It is already well established and MAGA Nation understands that Joe Biden did not win the last November 3rd 2020 presidential election, at least not fairly; his being in the White House, courtesy of the Deep State's machination, notwithstanding. But the fact remains that he was sworn in and on the seventh month of his four year term; and except there is intervention by God or his obvious incapacity deteriorates to a point of functionless, he will be in the White House until 2024. Therefore, continuing to waste time on rehashing the stolen November 3rd 2020 election is an exercise in futility, bordering on whining and increasingly becoming more of a nauseating irritation. 

Even in the most unlikely event, what is already known is conclusively established, there is no way of removing Joe Biden out of office. Impeachment is not even an option because high crimes and misdemeanor covers acts while in office and not the manner of getting into office. Of course the democrats control the House and such an article of impeachment will NEVER be conceived nor drafted. Therefore, it is past time President Donald John Trump and the MAGA Nation moved on, aware that nobody is paying attention anymore to the same now worn out and almost cliched rehash of a stolen November 3rd election. 

The energy should be spent rather more wisely on the shortfall of the Joe Biden's administration in preparation for the next election. Identifying their lapses, failed promises, veered off target and other unfilled potholes of the Biden/Kamala administration and harping on them constantly will pay a better dividend than the continuing rehash of "We won that election but it was stolen from us" refrain. The Democratic Party exploited so many loophole of the electoral process to pull off the steal and put Joe Biden in the White House, so the effort should now be concentrated in making sure that they will never succeed again. Also, how to checkmate the Deep State and the liberal fake-news media from pulling off such a heist again should be part of the priority.

As ICHEOKU once said, the November 3rd 2020 election was fixed long before the election date of November 3rd, through ballot harvesting and stuffing of votes by the democrats. It is a political game which the Democrats have perfected over the years and they deployed it maximumly during the last election and to the chagrin of Republicans, who were caught flatfooted and in fact, napping. By the time they realized what was going on, it was already too late as the Democrats already have bagged the election and every attempt they made at catching up or leveling the playing field was unsuccessful. So it was rather a failure to do by the Republican Party rather than what the democrats did that cost President Donald John Trump the White House.

So, yes, Ronna McDaniel shares hugely in the blame for the unfavorable outcome of November 3rd, 2020 election because she wasn't ready for the big play of managing a national election and the Democrats had her for lunch. Her performance was so abysmal that she could not even win her State of Michigan which she won in 2016 and ICHEOKU still wonders why she was allowed a second berth at the Republican National Committee chairwomanship. Whether she even actively connived with or sort counsel of Trump hater in chief, her uncle Mitt Romney or the Deep State got to her, ICHEOKU does not know; but her performance was nothing to write home home about and she should not have been given a second chance at the RNC topmost position. Reward her for what? For losing? 

GO GET YOUR CORONAVIRUS SHOT TODAY: QUIT PLAYING WITH YOUR LIFE.

ICHEOKU says the reference point for all MAGA Nation is President Donald John Trump, his family and the FoxNews voice box. All these people have already got their coronavirus shots. Therefore anyone still holding out and refusing to get their own shots is playing to the gallery of extreme far right. It is not cool to continue to remain obstinate as over 200 million American people have got at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine. It shows that the vaccines are safe as majority of Americans have the vaccines in their bodies already and they are not suicidal. 

If the vaccines are defective or poisonous, then majority of American people's health have already been compromised. So, why do you want to belong to the tiny minority of "wise guys and gals" or do you want to live forever; assuming all of us who have already got the "poison" will die? What fun will there still be in such a tiny population country, assuming all of us perish as a result. But we are still here and we are not going to die because of the vaccine. Remember that the majority is always right and majority of Americans cannot be that stupid. They have received their coronavirus shots which shows once again, that the majority is right about the vaccine. So, go get your own shot today and become part of the right majority. 

ICHEOKU says Dr Anthony Fauci is the reason for the vaccine resistance as anti-vaxxers do not trust him. As long as he remains the face of the vaccination effort, many of these resistant people will not get vaccinated. Joe Biden should therefore sack Dr Fauci and replace him with a more friendly and more convincing face if he wants these unvaccinated people to queue up for their vaccination. But Joe Biden cannot afford fire Dr Fauci because Dr Fauci is the reason he is in the White House and it will be too expensive for Joe Biden to tick off Dr Fauci because he is a part of the Deep State machination that made November 3rd possible. But hey, just forget Dr Fauci and his ouch-look and go get your own vaccination right away. If not for yourself, please do it for your family and loved ones. #GoGetYourShots.

GERMANY FLOODING: 90 DEAD AND 1300 MISSING.

ICHEOKU says it is yet another evidence that the Biblical flood story of Noah and the Ark most probably happened. But regardless, it has been one disaster after disaster throughout the world, from mud slides in Japan to California wildfires, Miami building collapse, flooding and storms in America, to hotel collapse in China, to assassination of Haiti's president, to ZumaRiots in South Africa and now the latest flooding in Germany. 

Are these signs that the world is suddenly coming to an end as "believers" would like to interpret them? ICHEOKU says it is doubtful as Jesus Christ said that no one knows the hour; admitted he also added that there will be some signs, begging the question, are these the signs then?

Anyway, ICHEOKU wishes Germany all the best as they pull themselves back from the flooding event; and to South Africa, God's speed in ending the disastrous ZumaRiots which has been very devastating to the country. As to all the other places experiencing one form of disaster or the other, may God provide them with the fortitude to cope and soldier on. All everyone can really do in this world, especially with no fix it solution to many of these disasters, is to just to keep on keeping on, until whatever comes first. It is well.

BIG OR FAT: DON'T A DIFFERENCE MAKE.

ICHEOKU says whether it is a FAT LIE or a BIG LIE, it depends on who is giving the narrative and conducting the explanation of what happened on November 8th 2016 and November 3rd 2020 respectively. The "Russian Collusion" is a Fat Lie to MAGA nation and so is the "2020 rigged election" a Big Lie to the folks on the other side of the political divide. 

Both sides do not believe the accusation that their candidate cheated in the presidential election, hence the LIE which they usually chorus in response each time the allegation comes up. 

The only difference between them is the qualifiers which they used in their denials, FAT and BIG; but that does not make one denial true and the other denial false. So, whether one belongs to the "Big Lie" crowd or the "Fat Lie" crowd, their conviction tells them exactly the same thing, that a lie was told, propagated and propagandized against their candidate. This is the only thing that really counts; so, Joe Biden and his crowd of supporter should be apprised of this, that a lie is a lie, whether BIG or FAT, period.

SOUTH AFRICA ZUMA RIOT: JACOB ZUMA SHOULD SPEAK TO HIS SUPPORTERS NOW .

ICHEOKU says with 77 persons already killed and over 2000 others arrested, and properties running into billions of Rand now destroyed, looted and burnt, it is time for the government of President Cyril Ramaphosa to crackdown heavily on the rioters and end the ongoing madness in South Africa. Nothing justifies the level of lawlessness being witnessed in South Africa, especially the loss of so many lives and the ensuing existential threat to an economy already burdened with heavy unemployment and the Chinese coronavirus disease. 

Jacob Zuma should, without any further ado, foot dragging or needless delay, speak to his supporters and order them off the streets and end the destruction going on in South Africa. It was obviously instigated, sponsored and organized by his Jacob Zuma Foundation and their issued statement collaborates this assertion. No rational and responsible elder statesman, especially one who once led South Africa as president, would remain silent, watching the ongoing wanton destruction in South Africa and not do something immediately to bring it to an end. A matter made more incumbent on him because he is the reason for the riots and he could have easily disassociated himself from it and denounced them as hooligans. He therefore needs to speak up and forcefully demand that the riots end immediately.

ICHEOKU says nothing, including securing freedom for the imprisoned Jacob Zuma, is worth sacrificing 77 South Africans and the level of destruction being witnessed in South Africa. Jacob Zuma must therefore rise up to the occasion, stop being selfish about it and put an end to it. Enough of the madness already. He should implore his supporters to sheet their swords and end the mayhem because they are hurting themselves by destroying their country and their means of livelihood. Imagine the damage the madness is doing to South Africa in the eyes of the world; South Africa which used to be the last hope of black Africa as a place where law and order exists and which is conducive for investments. Which prospective investors will now not see South Africa in a different light? 

With a 47% unemployment rate, South Africa could definitely use every help which they can get from any investor in reducing the ticking time bomb which their economy has become. So, why supply a fuse to the situation with this Zuma riots in addition to a coronavirus which has returned with vengeance in South Africa. Now, the government will be burdened further with the cost of the riots in addition to managing a nearly flatlined economy and the coronavirus. Then add insurance companies which will be forced to increase premiums to offset their loss, assuming the cost overruns of paying the insured businesses doesn't first force them into bankruptcy.

As it stands now, the trajectory South Africa is not encouraging: they are bedeviled by their xenophobic attacks and now this added destructive riots; looting, burning and destroying foreign investments in their country. They are making their country unlivable and unattractive a place for people to want to come or even continue to live in and very soon, everyone who can might be forced to move out of South Africa. The plummeting situation in South Africa need to be brought under control so that safety and security can be restored immediately to South Africa. 

It is in everyone's interest, especially the impoverished black folks who are spearheading the ongoing riots. They are the ones whose jobs will disappear first and without jobs, meeting their basic needs will be impossible; a risk which they possibly did not think through first before activating their own Black Lives Matter cells and visiting on South Africa similar iniquities as their benefactor America's Black Lives Matter made America suffer last summer 2020.

Unfortunately, Jacob Zuma's Foundation released a statement threatening the continuation of the riots until their leader Jacob Zuma is released from prison; begging the question doesn't the foundation believe in the rule of law? If so, what is the South African government waiting for to revoke their license and declare them an unlawful organization since they are supporting and somehow sponsoring the breakdown of law and order in South Africa. They want to  blackmail the government with destructive riots into releasing Jacob Zuma from prison and making it a condition to ending the mayhem. According to them, "peace and stability in South Africa is directly linked to the release of President Zuma with immediate effect" and you ask yourself why is the foundation still allowed to operate in South Africa when they wish South Africa ill and wants to destroy it.

ICHEOKU says the government must treat their blackmail as domestic terrorism and extirpate it immediately. It is a national disgrace and stands counter to everything which Nelson Mandela stood for and died for. It seems that Jacob Zuma did not learn anything of intrinsic value from the icon of South African freedom struggle. It is adding insult to injury for Jacob Zuma's Foundation to make sure a statement, in addition sponsoring the riots. It is imperative therefore that Jacob Zuma call his rabid dogs off the streets of South Africa and end the mayhem forthwith. President Cyril Ramaphosa must not give in to the blackmail and should take his responsibility of protecting South Africa very seriously, by using every means possible to bring the worsening situation under immediate control. Enough of the bleeding. #ZumaEndTheRiotsNow.

THE RULE IS THE RULE: ONLY WHEN IT INVOLVES SHA'CARRI RICHARDSON?

ICHEOKU says does "the rule is the rule" reasoning given in justification of Sha'Carri Richardson's disqualification from the 2021 Tokyo summer Olympics for inhaling ordinary marijuana smoke, which is legal in so many States including Oregon, only applies to sports, particularly the Olympics. 

The current Defense Secretary was confirmed despite the "rule is the rule" which prohibits appointing former military officers as Secretary of Defense so soon following their disengagement from active service. Even Mad Dog Mattis got the same waiver as well. 

So how is Sha'Carri Richardson's case any different from these two men or is "the rule is the rule" not of general application or applies to sports differently from Defense Secretaries? If the "rule" was waived for both men, why was it not also waived for Sha'Carri Richardson? Has gender got anything to do with the disparate treatments and because she is a woman and a black woman for that matter? #LetSha'CarriRun.

THE POPE IS OUT OF HOSPITAL: HURRAY.

ICHEOKU says Pope Francis is a very lucky man, his surgery went well and he celebrated two football championships: one for his native Argentina winning COPA America 2021 and the other for his papacy seat Italy winning the UEFA EURO 2020. What a lucky fella and he is an avid  profound lover of football or rather soccer. All the extra happiness will help speedy up his recuperation from the surgery. Congratulations Mr Pontiff.

LET THE PROTEST PLAY ITSELF OUT: NO AMERICAN MILITARY BOOTS IN CUBA.

ICHEOKU says suddenly the war mongering crowd in the media are amplifying the protest in Havana and demanding that Joe Biden divert the withdrawn American troops from Afghanistan straight into Cuba. But why should America do this, one may ask; except that the Deep State military industrial complex are eager to find a new theater of conflict where to continue with their war profiteering business. Now, the protest in Cuba seems to be a promising avenue to secure a potential venture frontier, hence the drumming of support for a military incursion in Cuba by their media underlings. 

ICHEOKU condemns the current growing calls by some media personalities, in their effort to help the Deep State achieve their objective, to continue the American war business in Cuba. ICHEOKU urges Joe Biden not to commit American troops in another un-winnable war in Cuba as the country has not even begin to recover from the Afghanistan and Iraq adventures; and must avoid additional waste of scarce resources in another Jackboot adventure in the Caribbean. American troops should be allowed to rest up or better still sent to Africa where various terrorists groups are regrouping and establishing many proven grounds in effort to restart and continue their global campaign of terror. That will be a more prudent use of American troops rather than sending them to Cuba.

Citizens of many countries protest regularly against their governments as was witnessed last 2020 summer in America, when Black Lives Matter captured many American streets and nearly conquered many of American cities. No foreign country intervened to force Washington DC to comply with the protesters demands and eventually the protests resolved themselves. French people, the yellow jackets, also protested their government for a very long time but no foreign country sent troops to Paris demanding that President Emmanuel Macron comply with the demands of the protesters. From Russia to Iran to Iraq to Egypt to Nigeria to Brazil and even Mexico, there have been series of protests by the citizens against their governments and neither America nor any other country ever sent in troops to these countries to demand and enforce the issue. So, why should Cuba be any exception?

Protesting a government is a civic exercise which citizens regularly engage in as they dare entitled to do as a matter of right. Those governments being protested also have a duty to maintain law and order by preventing such protests from getting out of control and also actively ensure their own survival as a government. Recall that not too long ago, there was the EndSARS protest in Nigeria which lasted for several days before the government forcefully quelled it. ICHEOKU did not remember hearing any of these media personalities Cuban apologists who are now urging for an American military intervention in Cuba, express the same opinion that the Marines should be sent into Nigeria to enforce the EndSARS protesters' demands of the Muhammadu Buhari government. So, why now Cuba? 

Protest is an internal affairs matter of any country and should be allowed to resolve themselves internally in an acceptable manner without any foreign military intervention. The most any outside country can do is to urge restraint on the part of the government and encourage them not to use excessive force to muscle their way through quelling the protest. Therefore there is no reason or justification whatsoever to act differently in the matter of the ongoing protest in Havana by sending in American troops to Cuba. Good enough Cuba is very close to America and it will be very easy to monitor how the government in Havana handles the protesters and ensure that they are not manhandled and that no excessive use of force was applied in quelling the protest. 

It is also important that the Cuban protesters remain peaceful and must not be destructive as is currently the case in South Africa, where hooligans have been looting, burning and destroying properties and businesses under the false flag of protest against Jacob Zuma's imprisonment, which have so far cost over 70 people their lives. Which reminds ICHEOKU, where are these American media personalities Cuban apologists call for American troops to be sent to South Africa, since from their present Cuban disposition, America is a world's policeman whose troops must be sent into countries with any internal disputations and disagreements including citizens protests. 

Meanwhile, Haiti which is bedeviled with real security problems resulting from the assassination of its president and whose authorities have asked for American military assistance to help secure the country is yet to receive a favorable response from Washington DC. It is also noteworthy that these American media personalities Cuban apologists have no revved up interest in the Haiti crisis such as would make them  also be as vocal in urging Joe Biden to render the sort help to Haiti. Possibly, because Haiti is black and Cuba ain't black, the reason for the dichotomy of views on where American troops should be sent as a matter of urgency. 

ICHEOKU says while Haiti has a real problem, Cuba does not; as they still have a government in place and even an improved version of the same one which they have had for several decades. The only fear now is that feeling spooked by the protest which was coordinated using the Internet and social media, the government in Havana might be forced to pull back some of the recently granted freedoms being enjoyed in Cuba. If that happens, it will be a real setback which Cubans inadvertently brought upon themselves, but even that still does not rise to the level of emergency for calling for American troops deployment in Cuba. 

Such a move will have adverse consequences as it might force Russians back in that hemisphere. Even Venezuelans, Iranians and the Chinese might be drawn into that geopolitical space, further compounding the problem. Such congregation of proven American adversaries  will not bode well for regional peace, safety and security of the Caribbean and of course America. The Syria experience is an example of what a Cuba "invaded" by America might and up looking like and nobody wants that in this hemisphere. Therefore, it is better that America does not open the pandora's box or break the Cuban fragile State because the over 11 million Cubans might be too many immigrants to contend with at the Florida border. 

Therefore, we must say no to another American military intervention in Cuba and let Cubans and their government sort their protest out. American troops have earned their well deserved temporary rest from waging war and should be allowed to enjoy their reprieve from Afghanistan until another justifiable theater of war opens up somewhere, but definitely not in Cuba. Please Joe Biden stand firm and resolute and not succumb to the Deep State military industrial complex to provide them with another theater of conflict. #NoMoreWars and not in Cuba.

MISSING A PENALTY KICK NOT A NOVELTY: MANY FOOTBALL GREATS MISSED TOO.

ICHEOKU says although it was very disheartening losing the UEFA EURO 2020 championship inside the Wembley Stadium, but it is not a reason to lynch the players who missed their kicks simply because they are black. Many white football greats have missed similar consequential penalty kicks in crucial encounters;  including David Beckham, John Terry, Arjen Robben, Roberto Baggio, Zico as well as Latin American greats such as Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi just to name a few. 

Therefore, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho should not be singled out and pilloried just because they were unlucky and couldn't convert their penalty kicks during the England v Italy UEFA EURO 2020 finals. It was not deliberate and it was not for lack of patriotism or lack of love for their English side; they played their hearts out, came a long way in the tournament and they hungered to win the championship just like any other English person including those knuckleheads who are now bullying them for their unlucky kicks. 

Stuff do happen and sometimes even the best in a field does not have the best day and so were the three great English players. It happened that their lucky star dimmed at that very crucial moment when they approached the ball and took the kick respectively. Those decrepitudes harassing these three players should understand that it was only a game, nobody died and that losing a game is not worth lynching anybody on social media for. Those people should be happy that England even made it all the way to the finals, their repeated come back from goal down,  considered. 

It is good that these hate filled people are in the minority, but it goes to show that the fight against racism should be taken into the greater English society and not merely reflected in the fleeting seconds example of kneeling on the field. ICHEOKU agrees with Southgate that games are won and lost together. Say no to racism; reject and condemn the attacks on those three black players because despite the color of their skin, they are still English and they love their country. ICHEOKU says remain strong Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka and Jadon Sancho as what they went through, many got it worse and some were in fact even actually lynched, but the good new is that progress in still on course. It is well.

HAITI STILL MISSING THE POINT: HOW COULD SUCH A THING EVER HAPPEN?

ICHEOKU says Haiti is still not getting it. The issue is not the effort they are making to solve the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. Rather, the issue is how the president was killed that so easily in his bedroom inside his own home. Put in another words, who allowed it to happen? Who signed off on it? Where was his presidential protection unit and even assuming they faced an overwhelming firepower, why did they not call for support from the presidential guard, wing of the military; and if they did, why were they not dispatched quickly enough, and if they did, what was their response time? 

Why were surrounding points of entry and exit around the president's home not cordoned off, with police controlling and checking vehicular movements in and out of the area and some on stationed at mounted roadblocks. What was the level of security provided for a Haitian president, especially the roiling insecurity problem in their country considered, such that a band of "mercenaries" came in and assassinated a sitting president and now the Haitian authorities are trying to convince the world that they are working to "solve" the assassination, having arrested many and killed some of the perpetrators and now have found a "doc" from Florida who sponsored the assassination. What a story.

How could such "gang" of assassins so easily infiltrate Haiti, penetrate the home of the president and kill him on his bed without being discovered, confronted and possible neutralized much earlier. How could they even easily planned everything without a whiff of it being captured by Haiti security and intelligence agencies. It is a sad commentary on them really. It was not only the president that was killed by this assassination, the entire Haitian security apparatus were also "assassinated" because if they could not protect the president, who else is safe in Haiti. What use are they anyway? How was it possible to violate Haiti in such a manner and to the level of assassinating their president inside his own home and on his own bed. 

It is not as if presidents have not been assassinated elsewhere before including in Egypt, Nigeria and even in America. But to carry out such a dastardly act inside the president's home and not it being a somewhat "crime of opportunity" tripped by movement outside the president's abode, his fortress, have just topped every imaginable possible such scenario of presidential  assassinations. How many were these "gang" members or rather mercenaries and what caliber of weapons did they come with to have easily overpowered the president's security and protection unit. An issue made more concerning because Haiti has not told the world if any other person was killed, other than the president. So, how many of the president's protection details lost their lives trying to protect and defend the president? 

From the bullet riddled walls and vehicles seen on video, it seems that so many shots were fired and the operation possibly lasted for at least thirty minutes; so where was the reinforcement and where was the backup rushed to the president's home following the invasion. But instead of explaining what everybody wants to understand, the Haitian authority or whatever is left of it, are busy now introducing yet another "DOC" in their lexicon. This time, an "Adult Doc" from Florida who they just told the world was the mastermind of the assassination, triggering a flashback of the harried memories of Baby Doc; and you wonder whether "docs" nightmare will ever end in Haiti and what has "docs" got to do with Haiti. 

So, as the world continues its wait for the unfolding tragic drama in Port-Au-Prince to fully give up its contents, ICHEOKU says the authorities in Haiti should concentrate their effort more on the inside baseball of the assassination and not dwell too much on who the players are that allegedly carried it out, admitted they are indispensable in the whole equation. It is not about who wanted it to happen but who allowed it to happen. Who among Haiti military and security outfits participated in the assassination since no "doc" whether from Florida or not, adult or baby, could successfully kill the president unless Haitian security signed off on the plot. If there is a name worse than "third world country" and "banana republic", Haiti has earned and now richly deserves such a moniker. What happened in Haiti has topped every madness ever possible in a failed State and which now puts Haiti on a life support.  #WhoKilledPresidentMoise.

BLACK LIVES MATTER'S FRANCHISE BERTHS IN SOUTH AFRICA?

ICHEOKU says it appears that Black Lives Matter have exported the domestic terrorism which they unleashed on America last summer 2020 overseas to South Africa? BLM had told America that they were "protesting" the George Floyd's murder by a racist white cop Derek Chauvin and then used the opportunity to loot, burn and destroy a lot of American cities. 

Now, their South African franchise is looting, burning, destroying and even added killing of people for a good measure; all because a man who was duly convicted for contempt of court and sentenced to 15 months in prison shouldn't be in prison. But good enough democrats reminded everyone that no one is above the law and Jacob Zuma is not above the law. 

ICHEOKU says waiting to see their own teeshirt equivalent of "Black Lives Matter" or rather "Jacob Zuma is Above the Law" and/or "Jacob Zuma Shouldn't be in Prison." But who amongst them even learned it from the other or is it the story of the egg and the chicken, afterall they are both angry and mad and using intimidation of the society to make a point. 

Anyway, good enough South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is not susceptible to WOKEISM and has already since declared a martial law and now soldiers have been ordered to restore law and order with immediate effect. Instead of carrying placards to their Justice Department's building or even to the prison holding Jacob Zuma, it is peoples shops and businesses that they are busy looting, which shows that they learned very well from BLM activities in 2020. It is sad. 

JOE BIDEN IS RIGHT: AFGHANISTAN MISSION HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.

ICHEOKU says yes indeed, Joe Biden was there in the White House war room, with other members of White House war council, watch the mission in Afghanistan accomplished with the killing of Osama bin Laden on May 2nd 2011.  The photograph with Hillary Clinton flinching as potshots were fired into Osama bin Laden forever burnt into our memories and assumed an eternal status of an iconic photographic image, comparable to the Marines in Iwo Jima raising of an American flag. So, American troops should have been withdrawn from Afghanistan or at least their withdrawal from that gawdawful parch of earth should have begun on the day after, on May 3rd, 2011. 

But ten additional years later on, some blood thirsty urchins are still campaigning for an extension of American troops presence in Afghanistan and you ask yourself why? What else will be a reasonable amount of more time for these people, short of an indefinite stay of American troops in Afghanistan. What else do these people want American troops to achieve in Afghanistan within the extended time they are canvassing for, which has not already been achieved? Except of course they will allow the Talibans to be completely nuked and forgotten with, otherwise there is no other meaningful reason to continue with the Afghanistan engagement. Therefore, bringing the troops home now is the only way to correct an anomaly which should have been corrected since May 3rd, 2011. 

American forces were sent to Afghanistan in the hunt for terrorist mastermind Osama Bin Laden and his lieutenants who attacked America on 9/11. The troops killed Osama bin Laden on May 2, 2011 and have to a large extent also neutralized many of Osama bin Laden's operating officers. Their mission ended or should have ended immediately soon thereafter and any discovered terrorist can always be hunted down from anywhere, without the need of having the troops in Afghanistan. The ten years extended stay of the troops in Afghanistan, post Osama bin Laden's killing, was only due to Deep State's military/industrial complex machination as there was no  actual need for it. They wanted a prolongation of their war profiteering business and ten years should be enough already; and no more blackmailing of the White House into any further extension.

Therefore, a complete withdrawal of every remaining American troop from Afghanistan by the set date of August 31st 2021 is quite in order. America have mission accomplished its objective in Afghanistan and no longer has any business remaining in another people's country. American troops are not the policemen of Afghanistan nor should their original mission be changed from the hunt for Osama bin Laden into nation building of Afghanistan. Enough of the losses in treasure and blood; and like Joe Biden rightly argued, how many more American lives must  be wasted in Afghanistan and how much billions of dollars is worth expending further in such a place that has no direct benefit to the wellbeing of the United States of America. ICHEOKU says not another life and not a dollar more.

Afghanis are very ungrateful and unappreciative of America's sacrifices in their country and do not deserve any further assistance or protection from America. They have shown so much hostilities to America, both by words and actions; killing American soldiers and military contractors including an American General. Their former President Hamid Karzai especially, was particularly very hostile to America and has been running his foul mouth against America, instead of showing a servile gratitude for all that America sacrificed for his country. His acerbic utterances alone are even enough to wish Afghanistan bad, but that will not be necessary. Let them take care of their business and at least prove that they have earned the right to have a country. Afghanistan is for Afghanis and they must protect and defend it for their benefit. 

They do not deserve any further and continuing America's protection, especially not indefinitely; as a child born twenty years ago in 2001 when American troops were first sent into Afghanistan is now already an adult and possibly, a parent as well. It is time for Afghanis to mature into real grown ups and do what is necessarily needed to defend their country from a band of Taliban bandits; and if they cannot, let them lose their country to them. America have wasted enough resources, both financial and human; and time to cut the losses and scamper the hell out of that desolate country, even came ten years ago. Many of American fighting men and women are within the age range of 18 and 20 years, so the twenty years of America's presence in Afghanistan should have produced enough Afghanis fighting men and women to protect and defend their country.

If the nearly 40 million Afghanis, give and take 20 million of them adults, cannot protect themselves and country from a band of power grabbing Taliban, so be it. Better still, they should ink some contract with Blackwater's Mr Erik Prince who is probably less occupied at the moment, to carry on with where American troops have now stopped and help them kill off those remaining Taliban irritants. But unfortunately, Afghanis apparently love their Talibans and majority of them love that way of life, the reason they have allowed Talibans to run amok in their country. The Talibans are Afghanis and so are those American trained Afghani soldiers who were sabotaging America and killing American troops when they were in Afghanistan; and the same soldiers are now surrendering to the Taliban and joining forces with them. 

Joe Biden made the right call and by far the best foreign policy decision of his administration as no more American life deserves to be wasted in Afghanistan. Twenty years was more than  enough. Even an arrangement such as America has with South Korea and Japan will not be viable as a possible alternative with Afghanistan because Afghanistan is an impoverished country and cannot afford to pay for America's open-ended stay and protection of their country. Also, unlike the South Korea and Japan experience which is geared against foreign invasion, Afghanis are killing themselves in a quasi civil war and America cannot afford to be caught in the middle of such internecine war between people who are just killing themselves. If being ruled by the Taliban is what the majority of Afghanis prefer, so be it; otherwise let them rise up and defend themselves. 

Thankfully, Joe Biden is standing firm and refusing to buck under the pressure of the Deep State military industrial complex to reverse himself on the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan. But they are relentless and not giving up and purposefully, desperately overhyping and over-sensitizing the Taliban resumption of attacks, in their attempt to whip up enough sentiments to force a reversal of policy on troops withdrawal. ICHEOKU says Joe Biden must stand his ground as history will vindicate him and uphold his decision to end that American nightmare called American troops overstay in Afghanistan. It is not every country that must practice democracy as theocracy is also an acceptable form of government. So, if Talibans insist that Afghanistan must also become a theocracy just as the Vatican and Iran are, it will not be the end of the world. 

But the decision to checkmate them and prevent such an outcome is entirely for the majority of Afghanis to make. If the Talibans are the majority, then they can march straight unto Kabul for all ICHEOKU cares and establish their Talibanized theocracy. Americans cannot pretend to love Afghanistan more than Afghanis themselves and be the ones dying and losing countless treasure in defense of Afghanistan from the Talibans. If Afghanis want a different lifestyle from the Taliban styled way of life, then let them prove it by defending their preferred lifestyle. Afghanistan is for Afghanis and it is their burden to protect their country from all enemies foreign and domestic, including the Taliban. They have enough able bodied men and women to defend their homeland, but if they choose otherwise, it means that their country is not worthy dying for and therefore not worthy of existence. 

Therefore, let the Talibans take them hostage and do with them whatever they pleases. The United Nations Organization can also move in there and continue from where America has just stopped or better still, let their neighboring countries worry about any impending implosion. But under no account or pressure of the Deep State military industrial complex as well as some other third party countries, who are trying to blackmail Joe Biden into reversing course, must the withdrawal be aborted or even extended by another day past the scheduled August 31st, 2021 due date. America has borne the burden of the world for far too long while other huge powers and large economies such as China and Germany have been enjoying a free ride, freeloading on America's largess and growing exponentially. Enough of the unfairness and now is time to bring all the troops home. So long Afghanistan and that mission is now archived as accomplished. 

RICHARD BRONSON MAKES IT TO EDGE OF SPACE.

ICHEOKU says 55 miles to the edge of space and then what? Just an egotistic chest beating and bragging right and possibly geared towards another business venture and millions of dollars just went up like that, when millions of God's earthlings are starving of food and dying because of lack of basic life essentials. Imagine the millions that went to bed hungry today and the number of pregnant women that died during labor because of lack of OBYGN care.

But please before you even start, spare ICHEOKU the name calling, as Richard Bronson and all the other space enthusiast billionaires could spend their excess money on the humanity that is in dire need and begging for urgent help. Such anti humanity endeavors makes many people question the stories about heaven and hell and wonder if these billionaires ever heard any of them. But it is their money and they are entitled to spend it however they see fit and in this case, on egotistic space expedition. 

ICHEOKU says many of them, if they could, would summarily abandon this earth for some exclusive planet elsewhere and of course, would have since bought off death if possible so that they can live forever. Call it selfishness or lack of care and willful indifference to humanity problems including dire need. Imagine the millions of vials of coronavirus the money wasted in this space flight could have purchased for some impoverished third world countries. Anyway, 55 miles above the earth is a whole lot of distance up there, compared to the 6 miles flying height of normal passenger planes. ICHEOKU says congratulations to the first billionaire to make it to the edge of space and experienced weightlessness of space. 

ITALY IS EURO 2020 CHAMPION: BEATS ENGLAND 3:2 IN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT.

ICHEOKU says despite scoring the fastest goal on record, just two minutes into the match by striker Luke Shaw, England still lost the finals to the Azurri. A championship finals that went ninety minutes full time, then into extra time of six minutes and over time of thirty minutes before a penalty shootout decided the outcome, 3-2 in favor of the Italians. It was a good match anyway, admitted the Italians outplayed and literary dominated the English side, particularly in the mid field. 

It shares something in common with the 2021 COPA America championship in that the winning side defeated the losing side on their home turf. Argentina came to Brazil's Rio de Janeiro and defeated Brazil just like the Italians has now defeated the English side inside their Wembley Stadium in London. It was somewhat humiliating being beaten inside one's soccer cathedral, Wembley and Maracana stadia respectively. But hey, it was just a game and no life was lost as each side now lives to fight another day. Congratulations to the boys in blue, ben fatto. 

UFC 264: POIRIER DEFEATS MCGREGOR THE SECOND TIME: CONGRATULATIONS.

ICHEOKU says a win is a win just like a loss is a loss, regardless of how it resulted, provided it was within the rule of engagement. It could come by way of a technical knockout as in this case, an accidental breaking of the leg. Mixed Martial Arts is a combat sports and broken limbs and sometimes even death are acceptable risks involved in it. Irish bad boy Conor McGregor fully understood the risks when he went into the ring to battle Dustin Poirier. Nobody ever said that such an injury will not occur as similar injuries have occurred in the past, his just got added to the list. So, with UFC 264, Poirier has now defeated the Irish irascible fella for the second time and in their battle of supremacy, it is Dustin Poirier 2 and Conor McGregor 1; begging the question are their fans ready for yet another encounter between them, the fourth time, that is. 

This is imperative because despite what was clearly a first round domination and better performance by Dustin Poirier, Conor McGregor claimed otherwise, insisting that it ain't over yet; somewhat insinuating that he only succumbed to his broken leg and not the fire power of Poirier. ICHEOKU says the leg was definitely broken for a reason, something made it break and it couldn't have broken unless Poirier forced the issue. Poirier even stated as much, that McGregor initially fractured the leg when he blocked his kick at the beginning of their fight and then he leaned on it afterwards which caused it to completely come apart with seconds left to go in their first round. 

Conor McGregor was unable to get up afterwards and couldn't continue with the fight. It was obvious too that Dustin Poirier controlled the first round, protected himself very well from McGregor's kicks and landed several of his own kicks on McGregor. He took McGregor to the canvass and landed more punches and threw many elbows on McGregor. He also knocked Mcgregor down again towards the final seconds of their first round before McGregor's lower left finally gave way. So, Dustin Poirier clearly defeated Conor McGregor and the only thing Mcgregor can be furious at is his leg and no one else. When he recovers and still wants to have another go at it, as Dana White has already indicated, there could be a McGregor v Poirier IV and hopefully he will not allow Poirier to break his leg again. 

However, ICHEOKU disagrees with UFC President Dana White that there is any particular way of finishing a fight, the reason there is TKO. His sentiments of preferring to watch the two gladiators go all the way or even for a McGregor victory notwithstanding, the fight got finished and it finished in a way some fights do finish, through a TKO, this time by reason of an accidental leg break. The only question now is whether there will fans' fatigue for another Conor McGregor and Dustin Poirier encounter; and if not, how soon will Conor McGregor be ready for another showdown with Dustin Poirier. So until then, ICHEOKU says congratulations to Dustin Poirier, the now obvious tamer of the Irish wild cat. ICHEOKU wishes him a quick recovery and yes, the peoples president, President Donald John Trump was at UFC264 as well.