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na/ham . jim halpert as a yorùbá man
Apr 27, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Abacha set up a confab to create a constitution that’ll return Nigeria to democracy. The confab had lots of traditional leaders (including then Ooni of Ife), and they were basically having a party daily. The confab instead recommended that Abacha remain HoS instead of retuning power.

But here’s why I mentioned Oni. When Oladipo Diya was accused of plotting to usurp Abacha, Abacha had an excellent press run, where he was displaying benevolence through traditional leaders.

Ooni of Ife was one of those who spoke AGAINST Diya, that he wasn’t an Omoluabi.
Apr 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
To some people, Nigeria has had 13 leaders, to some, 14. And some who say 13, count Azikiwe as Nigeria's first indegenous leader while some count Shagari.

Office of the SGF, seems to go with 14.

osgf.gov.ng/about-us/histo… I think only the executives should be counted.
Apr 26, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I’ve interacted with other Sudanese people who protested and while opinion on her is divided, a thing is sure: she wasn’t trying to be a hero. She was just another woman who wanted a good country. The protests worked. Omar was usurped. It’s only unfortunate that the military has once again acted like the military.

Like her, many Sudanese women fled the country. Sudan is a VERY conservative society that’s just grasping with neo-liberal concepts. Women were harassed, raped, and killed for their roles in the protest.

Happy for her that she’s in the UK now
Jan 17, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
The Igbos “were the dominant” ethnic group because the Igbos were wiped out of their homes for resisting the Brits, then taken to different parts of the country to do hard labour and managed to succeed. They’re not dominant because they wanted to own Nigeria, it was adversity. It’s like saying the Jews who survived the holocaust and found success elsewhere are dominant just because they managed to survive deliberate attempts to wipe them off. The Aros of Arochukwu faced years of village cleansing because they dared to face the Brits & were shipped to
Jan 16, 2023 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Again, Colonel Ojukwu DID NOT support the ‘66 coup. Even when the first pogrom started, Ojukwu invited a northern leader to be the Chancellor of UNN. When Nigerian leaders failed to steer the coup as a political and not an ethnic issue, and Igbos were getting killed, Ojukwu spoke to his ‘friends’ so they may take the right action. They didn’t.

Riots. Pogroms. Counter-pogroms. Mass murders in the barracks. Before Ojukwu said it was enough. That Igbos should return to the east. Even then, Sir Louis Ojukwu was AGAINST secession. Constantly painting 1966