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SUNDAY IGBOHO: The making of a freedom fighter
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By Clifford Ndujihe, Political Editor
UNTIL Friday, January 15, 2021, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, was arguably an unknown entity outside the South-West zone of Nigeria. Even in the South-West, his popularity was not widespread.
However, all that changed on January 15. No thanks to the recurring herdsmen menace in many parts of the country especially the South-West, Middle-Belt, South-South, and South-East that has left sad and teary tales on the lips of victims.
On that historic January 15, Sunday Igboho and his supporters took the battle to end the ‘Fulani’ herdsmen crisis on their shoulders, thus adding their names to the January 15 stories.
Buhari’s introspection on his administration is a major feature on QuickRead, as we review key political developments shaping the future of Nigeria.
Beyond President Muhammadu Buhari’s plea asking Nigerians to be fair in criticising his government, there was also the frustration expressed by a foremost nationalist, Chief Mbazulike Amaechi, over how Nigeria has failed as a country and and why it should start rebuilding all over again.
Three other political events caught our attention and their implications for national development cannot be ignored.
1. Buhari’s self-appraisal
President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, January 14, begged Nigerians to be fair in their criticism of his administration.
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CIVIL WAR: ‘Nigeria more divided now than in 1967’
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By Clifford Ndujihe, Political Editor
YEESTERDAY, January 15, marked exactly 51 years of the end of the 30-month Nigerian-Biafran Civil War that claimed an estimated three million lives on both sides.
After the war, the Nigerian military regime of General Yakubu Gowon declared that there was no victor, no vanquished. He unfurled a three-pronged Programme of reconstruction, rehabilitation and reconciliation to heal the wounds of the war and reintegrate the then Eastern Region, especially the Igbo, into Nigeria.
Fifty decades and a year after it is arguable if progress has been made on this score.