The shocking events that have taken place in Nairobi, Kenya with 68 dead and 172 wounded confirms my view that islamic fundamentalism and islamist terror is the greatest challenge to humanity on earth today. Dozens were slaughtered by Al Shabab in Nairobi yesterday and the whole world is still watching the horror unfold on their television sets and talking about it. Equally shocking is the claim that a good deal of the terrorists are American, British, Canadian, Somali and Finnish nationals.
Blessed be the name of the most high God, the God whose I am and the God whom I serve, blessed be His holy name forever.
Mr. Chairman, permit me to declare all protocols observed. I thank the leaders and elders of the Kurunmi Front, which is fast becoming one of the leading yoruba nationalist groups in our country today, the honour and privilage of inviting me to share a few words with your group today. I am overwhelmed by the number of people here from all walks of life. What has made me worthy of this great privilage I do not know but I pray that I do not disappoint you or let you down.
Blessed be the name of the most high God, the God whose I am and the God whom I serve, blessed be His holy name forever. Mr. Chairman, permit me to declare all protocols observed. I thank the leaders and elders of the Kurunmi Front, which is fast becoming one of the leading yoruba nationalist groups in our country, for the honour and privilage of inviting me to share a few words with them today.
On September 11, 2013 1.6 million people of the Catallan region in the ancient and beautiful nation of Spain protested against the state and expressed their desire for secession by forming a 400 km long human chain. According to the polls 52 per cent of the people from that region wish to break off from Spain and to establish a new European sovereign state.
Five months ago I left the PDP and I told the world why I chose to do so. I also said that the party had hit the rocks and that it was a sinking ship. Few believed me at the time but today even the most chronic of doubting Thomas' have changed their minds. The division within the ruling party has now become so self-evident that only a fool would believe that things can ever be the same again between those that honestly believed that they had cornered the market on our country and that they would rule Nigeria for the next 100 years.
Today a great march and protest is taking place in the Catallan region of the nation of Spain. According to the polls 52 per cent of the people from that region wish to break off from Spain and to establish a new European sovereign state.
I am proud of the decision that the British Parliament has taken not to join in the attack on Syria. Prime Minister David Cameron has been badly humiliated and this is a great triumph for Ed Milliband, the Leader of the Opposition. Kudos to my friend Mr. George Galloway MP for his brilliant and stirring speech on the floor of the House of Commons on this issue.
As the American carnage in Syria is about to begin, mark my words and read my lips carefully. The biggest mistake that Barack Obama will make in his life and career is to strike Syria on the false and ridiculous premise that Assad has used chemical weapons against his own people.
I just watched Senator Ahmed Yarima Bakura on Channels TV and I am utterly revolted. He is a practising paedophile and I have absolutely no respect for him. Hajiya Khadiyya Ahmed, a practising muslim herself, conducted the interview in an excellent manner and she took him to the cleaners in a very clinical and professional manner.
Permit me to begin this contribution with two incontrivertable assertions. Firstly had we successfully answered what has come to be collectively known as the ''Nationality Question'' in the '50's and '60's there would have been no civil war in 1967. Secondly had we not chosen to forget our differences but instead had we tried to understand them the last fifty three years of our existence as an independent nation would have witnessed far more unity,stability and progress than it has done.
I have always been very critical of American foreign policy in the Middle East and as far back as the time that Mubarak was removed from power, right here on this wall, I predicted that all that is happening in Egypt today would happen. Yet I never thought that it would be this bad with the massive slaughter of members of the Muslim Brotherhood by a new military junta and the burning of churches and terrible attacks on the christian community by Morsi supporters.
Earlier today I empathised with some of my igbo friends who were hurt by some of the things that I said and I expressed my regrets for hurting them. However despite this they must understand that I meant no offence and I did not say anything out of malice. I simply spoke the bitter truth.