Since 1914, the British Government has been trying to make Nigeria into one country, but the Nigerian people themselves are historically different in their backgrounds, in their religious beliefs and customs and do not show themselves any sign of willingness to unite... Nigerian unity is only a British intention for the country.”– Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Nigeria's first and only Prime Minister, 1948.
Culled from #HistoryVille #HVQuotes

Below are the names of the stained officers & soldiers of NA.
Lt Col Abdullahi Hassan Ali

Major S D Shafa

Major D E Obi

Captain U Zakari

Staff Sergeant Yahaya Saidu

Corporal Yahaya Danbaba

Corporal Kabiru Bashir

Lance Corporal Bulus Haruna

Lance Corporal S Opeyemi

Lance Corporal Bello A

Lance Corporal H Peter

Lance Corporal Ibrahim Abdullahi

Private Alhaji Isah

Private Clement Francis

Private Abubakar Ali

Private Ibrahim Adamu

Private Adamu Ibrahim.

Why the federation can not work.
The federation can not work simply because of the observation by our late PM Tafawa Balewa, murdered by Ibo hot heads from SS in Nigerian first coup. His observations keep reverberating decades later. see one angle, a section of the Country, mainly the yullubas were all out asking the NA to wipe out the Izon villages becuase of the attack that led to death of 16 officers, that is in a country where the NA is known to collect wootowoto on a daily, weekly or monthly basis at the hands of other Non State Actors mainly Fulani herdsmen, Boko Haram, UGM, ESN etc. Let's assume there is a conspiracy to kill the soldiers in the first place, yes, the soldiers were allegedly said to be the first to open fire killing some youths, who rush off to the creek and came back for more engagement and altimately led to the death of all the task force. Only G-d knows the kind of weapons they actually used that obliterated the task force!


Critical Questions to ask. Why is Asiwaju interested in which village gets the land in contention?
1. Assuming we are a true commity of neigbhors and citizens will some section of Nigeria, mainly people from SW & NW push for total retribution or annihilation of Izon villages?
2. If Asiwaju is alive to the responsibility of the seat he stole, will he be interested in which village or tribe actually gets the land in contention?
3. How can a task team from the supposedly strongest arm of the military fall so easily to a band of loosely armed militias, made up of people without formal military training?
4. Do y'all think overhauling Nigeria along the line agreed, mutually by all parties should at least be tested, rather than allowing one clown deceive the people every four years?
5. Like Europe, like Nigeria, plagued by infighting, quarrells and wars, until nations were created along ethnic lines. Now, Europe had peace and still formed through the bad door, a commity of nations~ Schengen!
6. Is Nigeria ready for a regrouped Izon militancy?
7. Can Nigeria survive four war fronts at the same time?
8. Is the Deep State actively behind this violence currently unleashed on the innocent people of Izon.
9. What stops the Nigeria military from going head on with the militias who are currently holed up in the creeks, rather than killing innocent civilians, burning houses, a tactics known to only supporters of APC, islamic terrorists and bandits?
10. Can we now say, Nigeria has finally gone tothe dogs led by asiwaju?
11. Why send a task force led by a Col if the motive is not to armtwist one of the tribe?
12. What stops the presidency since they so interested in the warring communities more than kidnapping, killings by bandits & fulani herdsmen, from inviting representative of each community to a round table in Warri, Asaba, Port Harcourt or even abuja?

Let's heed the words of Tafawa, Nigeria unity is just the idea of the British!

Root Causes of the mayhem.
Two warring communities had a struggle, normal thing in the restive Niger deltan region. The dominant tribe is the Izon, popularly called Ijaw. They are as violent as they are calm. They are the first tribe to toy with the idea of secession in the early sixties. See the first result of their brutal attack of the NA, sixteen dead officers including ranking officers. Others too flex muscles at times. Itshekiris, Isokos, Urhobos etc. The angle of it all is that the Ijaws attracted to water live close by any and all of these other tribes. You can not fight the Izons in their tarrain, water! The creek is treacherous and only natives whose affilaitions to the roots can survive there. I see the violence escalating and i also see more dead NA soldiers floating or rotting in the creeks if the Izons decide to fight wide and strong.
Words on the street is that Oil in a particular land someone in the presidency is interested in, through a company they are positioning to get a Mining Lease. This action would deprieve the Izons a significant portion of their claim if it is allowed to go to the other warring tribe. The other warring appears to garner sypmpathy from the presidency, which is why an attempt was made to arrest and forcefully take 3 Izon High chiefs from the ancestral land to abuja, something the community resisted, and when push got to shove, and some Izon youths were felled, they wernt straight up to their armoury in the creek and returned fire . we all know the result: SIXTEEN DEAD NA officers. Non left alive!