This article is a Must Read article. Trust me, it's worth your time if you love to see a better Nigeria. *THE WAY OF OUR ELITES* *by Moses Oludele Idowu* *Saturday, 13 July 2024* _*Copied from his Facebook page*_ A major challenge facing this nation today is that people who are trying to fix Nigeria don't seem to understand the problem of Nigeria. What they are focusing as the problems are not the real problems but the offsprings which the problem brought. I have heard repeatedly trumpeted by many including scholars that corruption is our major problem. Well, It is not. It is merely the effect or symptom of the problem. The problem of Nigeria is neither stealing nor corruption. It is the absence of a *culture of honour* among both leadership, elites and the commonality. The trouble with Nigeria, the real trouble with this nation dying on its legs under a succession of weak, corrupt and incompetent rulers deficient of honour and credibility is the absence of what some sociologists call "culture of honour." You see it everyday and everywhere. In the churches, mosques, universities, government, boardrooms, palaces, streets etc. The trouble with Nigerians is that they lack honour. They don't even know what honour is. And as is the people so is the leadership. This is the cancer that has eaten this nation to carcass and corruption is merely the effect, the symptom. It amazes me that even Nigerian scholars have never seen this and have stumbled on it. It is a mystery to me. Today you can do anything in Nigeria and get away with anything. Yes, virtually anything. Once you have money and the right links and connections. The only crime is to be poor and powerless. Because Nigerians can do anything for money - anything. With money anything -and everything- is possible in Nigeria. You can turn a prison room to a 5- star hotel, you can turn policemen to your errand boys or girls, you can rig election and overthrow popular will, you can kill a story and plant another in newspapers, you can alter grades of your ward in universities, exchange scores, change postings, acquire any title, influence judgement of the courts, torpedo results.... Tell me what is not possible in a land without Honour and without shame. A politician was freed by all the courts in Nigeria for corruption only for the same politician to plead guilty in Britain for the same offense that he was freed by Nigerian courts. What is the difference? One land knows something about culture of honour and it has not completely died among them while another land inspite of her loud religiosity has none. That is not the tragedy in itself. The real tragedy? When that politician finally came home after serving his jail term, he was received with such a rousing and roaring welcome by his people that even the world wondered what kind of people are Nigerians; what specie or breed of humanity are these people called Nigerians? The Wadume whose kidnapping led to the loss of policemen on duty was only given 7 years in jail - a slap on the wrist. Because Nigeria runs a two - tier system one for the poor and for the rich. And this system is.most visible in its justice system. When that fellow returned home he was received with joy by his people the same way a hero is received after returning from a dangerous expedition. That is the land called Nigeria. The trouble with Nigeria is not the Constitution, Igbo Triumphalism, Yoruba Traditionalism or Fulani Hegemony or Islamic Fatalism or even effete Christianity or bribery and corruption. It is that we are not a people of Honour. We lack honour. We can do anything for material gain. I want this essay to be brief so I will only cite one example that you can also independently verify. Karl Marx rightly believes that attitudes, opinion and moral quality of the elites of any given society shapes the generality of that society. Assuming that is so let us look at our elites today to establish the thesis that I put forward here. It is easy to prove that our political elites lack honour. They demonstrate it daily by their ways, their actions and their modus operandi. A common practice now among our political elites is to rush to court to stop the process whenever their tenure is about to be investigated. You were in power for 4 or 8 years spending public money and now a legally approved body wants to make an inquest to establish how you serve the people and what you did with your oaths of office and how you dispense public funds yet you are angry. Isn't that strange? A man of honour should be happy that a real opportunity has landed for him to clear his name and establish his honesty. A true scholar will be happy when other scholars want to assess his works and interrogate his ideas and submissions for proper scrutiny. Here is an opportunity to test his theories and the authenticity of his ideas before an enlightened audience. Not so for our politicians because they lack that culture we are talking about. A former governor of Lagos served for only 4 years. But after his tenure, the State House of Assembly decided to investigate some of the transactions he made as governor. I thought someone with a culture of honour should be happy that finally, the opportunity has come to establish his honesty. Not so. He went to court to stop what an assembly was empowered under the Constitution to do. That is the way of the Nigerian elite. Another former governor in Rivers State went to court to procure "a perpetual injunction" restraining anyone from investigating, inquiring, examining - and what have you? - into his tenure. What Nigerian courts cannot do, only God knows. I used to think very highly of Mallam Nasir El- Rufai just as I used to do of another Fulani, that non-starter from Daura. Abraham Lincoln has warned that you don't know a man until you have tested him with power. He was right. The Kaduna State House of Assembly is investigating his 8-year murderous and disastrous leadership when Kaduna became a killing field for the Fulani insurgents. Pronto, he quickly rushed to court to stop a body of legislators from doing what is their Constitutional right to do. You can see that the elites are the problem of Nigeria. It is not just that they are ignorant, sometimes they could be downright mischievous and nationally subversive. They lack culture of honour. Why put obstructions on the path of examining your tenure if you have done well? Why use the court to obstruct the normal functioning of democratic organs? Because there is an absence of culture of honour. Our elites would do anything if they know they will get away with it. Have you noticed another trend in Nigeria? Whenever any of these people is brought to trial, he feigns sickness and pain and even collapses before live camera. Suddenly, they lack strength, stamina, health to withstand trial. After trying to use the court to stop their trial without success they move to the next stage: drama. Pretending to be sick and in pain so as to escape trial. How many will I cite? They are always sick when it is time to try them. A former power minister is the new sensation. He is been tried for misappropriation of N30b and suddenly he is in pain and can't continue with trial. Next he wants to travel for overseas medical check-up to delay the trial.... That is our elites and that is their way. Deficient of honour and truth, bereft of credibility and even honesty they are leading the way to beat the system and game the system. What nation rises to the top with an elite such as this? That is the trouble with Nigeria. One thing is certain: the politicians of the Fourth Republic are not as manly and honourable as their predecessors in the Second Republic. Those ones, some of them had honour and they were real men not cowards. At least they faced military tribunals as men and without buckling or betraying emotions and without pretense. Some of them gave fire to the military by firing back at them like Abubakar Rimi, Jim Nwobodo and even Bola Ige. These were real men who were not afraid of even soldiers and spoke boldly at their own trials. These were men with strong backbones not like those of today who are feigning sickness and pain because they have backbone of jellyfish. Even an old man like Pa Adekunle Ajasin went through the ordeal of trial and detention without weakening or fatigue. These were real men of honour, men who fought colonialism who could not be intimidated by the small boys in khaki. I can't remember a single politician of the Second Republic who feigned sickness during trial or collapsed even when the judgment was given as harsh as it was then. These were real politicians, strong men, not boys in adult frame or women in men's attire. We do not have such men again in leadership. In their place we now have cowards, crooks, thieves, scallywags, morally - deficient and intellectually- denuded company leading an unfortunate nation on the path of perdition. They are always looking for means to circumvent the system and game the system. This is where the problem is. I don't know where an elite such as we now have will lead a nation to except to perdition. There is plenty truth though uncomfortable in what investigative journalist, David Hundeyin said about Nigerian elites that in their mental capacity (and depravity too) and orientation and even worldview and moral quality they are not better than okada riders. A WikiLeaks has one of Nigerian First Ladies named in illegal oil bunkering. Another First Lady is documented for money laundering. Another recent one is involved in kickbacks from helicopter sales for Army. Even when they ate free food, travel at government expenses and receive all the perks they still must steal. It is in the blood. Because there is no honour. I can take every segment of Nigerian Society - clergy, media, police, Army, private sector, scholars etc for the Honour Test and they will all fail. And fail woefully too. The Watergate scandal is the proof that when a culture of honour exists in a nation even a President can do nothing but bow out in shame. If Nigerians decide to act with honour and imbibe the culture of honour it will be difficult for a wicked ruler to arise and to have his way. It is not easy to steal public money. It is not easy to take money from government ministries. But when there is no honour and all the board members and governing council members and MDAs are manned by thieves then it becomes easy. That is what we are facing. That is the real trouble. Fix honour first. Teach the children to act with honour. Let all the universities begin to teach Civics to all students about Culture of Honour. * Fear God. * Pursue Right relationship with your fellow man. * Dont take what does not belong to you. * Don't pay more than a fair price for any item. * Don't pay anyone for doing what the government already pays him. * Don't receive the pay you didn't earn. * Submission to rule of law. * Don't pervert or subvert legitimate authority.. This is where we missed it. This is what we lost and why we are lost. And this is the way to return and retrace the steps. Without honour, Constitutions won't help us; Parliamentary or Presidential system will be a waste of time. Nigeria is like a car stuck in the mud: the answer is not more fuel but traction. Nigeria does not need more money, more fuel, it needs traction, it needs to get out of the mud. And that traction that will remove its tyres from the mud is called *Culture of Honour* Study history. Every true revolution begins here. No nation has witnessed a revolution without a segment or sections of that nation first discovering this Culture and imbibing it. The English revolution had the Puritans, the French Revolution had the Jacobins; the Russian Revolution had the Bolsheviks, the American Revolution had the Sons of Liberty... Okay, tell me who will spearhead the Nigerian Revolution? Which segment of Nigerian nation today do you have any group with a culture of honour who has not been compromised? That is where the trouble lies. That is where we missed the road and lost our bearings. The last time I heard there is Yahoo Boys Mother's Association. Soon there will be Armed Robbers' Wives Association and Successful Looters Association. Once honour is lost in a society, everything begins to fall apart. Everything is possible because there is no more shame. It is like that. Let us return to this Culture, old and young, rich and poor. And we will be blessed. ©️ Moses Oludele Idowu July 13, 2024 _Moses Oludele Idowu is the President of People of Honour Initiative, an NGO dedicated to inculcating the culture among Nigerians._

Happy Easter Monday to you all, may the blessing of Christ resurrection be upon us in Jesus name 🙏

God wanted a people to Himself, a people that were in covenant. It's always been God's desire Exodus 25:8, "make me a sanctuary that I may dwell therein." God has always wanted to habitate with you. He wants real intimacy with you- a Father-son-relationship!

The NATIONAL PRAYER ALTAR *MARATHON PRAYERS* Monday 7th March - Sunday 13th April 2025 *GOVERNMENT UPON HIS SHOULDERS* _For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace_ (Isaiah 9:6). The Bible passage above is a messianic prophecy about the character and attributes of Jesus Christ. As the Head of the Church, which is His Body, Jesus is seated at the right hand of the Father in heaven while His Body is on the earth. The Son of God reigns over all creation, both visible and invisible, and has committed the government on earth to the Church, His body, for _"the government shall be upon his shoulder…"_ The shoulder is a part of the body; it is not part of the head. It is the divine responsibility of the Church, the Body of Christ, to provide the president, governors, senators, and all the various appointees or electoral officials that exercise governance in the land. This is the calling of the Church. Governance is the responsibility of the Body of Christ, however, the exact opposite is witnessed in Nigeria. Rather than provide governance, the instrument of the State is used to oppress, afflict, and persecute the Church. Could we then say that the word of God is not true? Far from it. The problem is not the word of God, it is the Church, and the problem of the Church is its leadership. Christian leadership is required to mobilize and harmonize all the potentials of the Church to provide temporal and spiritual leadership for Nigeria. Everything the Church needs to provide government in Nigeria has been given to the Church. Christians constitute the largest demographic group in Nigeria. They are the most educated, the most civilized, and the most enlightened. They constitute the largest group of professionals, academics, intellectuals, scientists, technocrats, skilled workers, and marketplace entrepreneurs. Even the wealth of Nigeria, be it oil, gas, ports, waterways, and the bulk of the arable land, is in Christian owned areas of the country. Unfortunately, Christians are currently an endangered species in Nigeria. Those who kill them are not prosecuted. Many prayers have been said, and are still being said, for the protection of Christians as well as for divine intervention for peace to reign in the land. So far, heaven has remained silent. God might be waiting for His people to do the very things they are calling on Him to do. It is a spiritual fact that if solution to a problem is available on the earth, God will not provide it from heaven. For the same reason, if an information is available on the earth, God will not give it from heaven. Revelation is God telling a man what no one can tell him on the earth. God only provides from heaven what man cannot provide on the earth. That is why God gave humans brains, to think and apply the solutions of God on earth. The major problem with Christianity in Nigeria is that many Christians have been put into neutral gear by some church leaders whose only message is "miracles" and "divine breakthroughs." Some churches do not teach members to think; they only teach them to expect miracles. The Church in Nigeria is not operating in dominion because it does not raise disciples. The Church has a generation of leaders whose specialty is raising spiritual babes whom they refer to as their “children”, and who also refer to those brothers as “daddy in the Lord”. This practice amounts to a violation of the Lord’s command in Matthew 23:9 _"And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven."_ It takes “sons” to exercise dominion. Nigeria is groaning in expectation of the manifestation of the sons of God (Rom. 8:19). Unfortunately, most churches keep producing babes in Christ who find it difficult to dominate their environment and establish the Kingdom of God in the land. One major shortcoming of most Christian assemblies is the failure to teach about the Kingdom of God. Christianity is basically about the establishment of the Kingdom of God on earth. Both Jesus and John the Baptist started ministry in Matt. 3:2 and Matt. 4:17 proclaiming, _"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."_ In Matt. 6:33, Christians are commanded: _"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."_ Many church leaders inundate believers with messages of earthly wealth and prosperity. In the process of scrambling with the children of the world for the mundane things of the earth, Christians lose the righteousness of the Kingdom of God. If Christianity in Nigeria would be victorious, the obsession of many churches with mammon must cease, or in the alternative, a new generation of leaders must rise to lead the Church. So long as a generation of greed and vanity-infested leaders are in control of the Church, Christians will continue to suffer defeat and oppression in the country. There must be a return to Christlikeness in the Church. Jesus reigns over the universe, and at His name every knee shall bow. The method Christ used to conquer Satan is the same method that will work for the Church. Christ proclaimed, _"My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work"_ (John 4:34). In John 14:30, Jesus said, says, _"for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me,"_ confirming His holiness and separation from the world. How many Christians can make the same affirmation? On the physical level, there must be conscious plans to take the kingdom of Nigeria and hand it over to Jesus Christ. The Kingdom of God will not be established in Nigeria merely because people prayed, but because, as Christians, they also worked, for _"Faith without works is dead."_ (Jam. 2:26). As pointed out in a previous prayer call, no one wins an election because a prophecy was proclaimed over him or because anointing oil was poured upon his head. You win elections because you have political structures. Naturally speaking, the politician who does not pray but builds political structures will win an election over a Christian who prays but has no structures. Christians should not be deceived that a miracle would take place and a Christian without a political structure would win an election. Angels neither vote nor count votes. Therefore, the candidate must be in control of those human beings who vote and those that count the votes, while he still prays. God intervenes in human affairs when they have tried their best, but it is not enough. Rather than build Christian political structures, Christians in politics unfortunately hire the political structures of the Muslims. It is Muslims who control the existing political structures in Nigeria. This is the reason Christian politicians become helpless after getting into political office and they are unable to stand or speak for Christian interests. Many Christians blame Christian politicians for the failure to defend Christian interests, but they seldom ask which structure put them into the office. If the government would be on the shoulders of Jesus Christ in Nigeria, the following points should be noted. 1. Christians must realize they have a divine mandate to provide a righteous government for Nigeria. until they do so, the land would continue to mourn and suffer. God will not do what man is supposed to do. 2. leadership is crucial. Christians must agree to follow a leadership structure that will be the point of convergence. The various Christian groups must unite under one political leadership in the Church. In a previous prayer call, it was stated that the body established by the five Church groups in 2001 for this purpose is the Christian Social Movement of Nigeria (CSMN). 3. Christians must be prepared to fund their political structure. This can easily be done if each Christian agrees to contribute a token amount every month. The political process in Nigeria was intentionally designed to be very expensive, so that only the rich can participate. 4. training of interested candidates must commence. It is still not too late to prepare candidates for the 2027 elections. It is indispensable for Christian candidates to have basic understanding of the principles of the Kingdom of God, before they enter a political office. The National Prayer Altar is making that arrangement 5. Christians should obtain their Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC), and Party Registration Card (PRC). While the PVC will enable them to vote on election day, the PRC will enable them to influence decisions of political parties. It is those with PRC that will decide which candidate would run and who should be a delegate at the party primaries. _Behold, I am sending you out as sheep in the midst of wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves._ (Matt. 10: 16). God bless Nigeria. *PRAYER POINTS* 1. Isaiah 9:6 Thank God for the divine mandate upon the Church to provide government for Nigeria. Pray that this revelation shall become real to every Nigeria Christian. 2. Ps. 133 Pray for a fresh anointing of unity upon the Church, so that the Christians would work as one to fulfil the mandate of providing leadership for Nigeria. 3. Rom. 16:17-18 Pray that Christians shall be diligent and determined to resist those who will seek to divide the Church from fulfilling the divine mandate of providing righteous government for Nigeria. 4. Matt. 6:10 Pray that the government of the Kingdom of God shall be established upon Nigeria. 5. Titus 1:10-13 Pray that God will silence all ministers of the gospel who preach prosperity at the expense of Christlike discipleship. 6. Lam. 3:37 Cancel every utterance or confession to the effect that ungodly and wicked politicians shall continue to rule Nigeria in 2027. 7. Rev. 12:10-11 Plead the blood of Jesus to counter and nullify every sorcery, satanic ritual, and enchantment to retain the throne of Nigeria in the hands of Satan. *JOIN US AT THE DAILY PRAYERS FOR NIGERIA* Which started since 18th April 2022 TIME: 9.00 – 10.00pm daily WAT (Nigeria time) VENUE: ZOOM https://zoom.us/j/96806190505?pwd=K2RqcUN3YjRwQzEzRDZaMUt2N1ZsUT09 Meeting ID: 968 0619 0505 Passcode: 024184 *LINK TO MARATHON PRAYERS ZOOM ROOM* https://zoom.us/j/94064259957?pwd=bm13eDlSNTMrZWhVdTl5bmNRRlBHQT09 Meeting ID: 940 6425 9957 Passcode: Altar repent@csmnigeria.org *PLEASE SHARE*

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https://gazettengr.com/exclusive-nigerian-lawmakers-accept-25000-bribe-as-tinubus-allies-scramble-to-stem-mass-abstention-secure-crucial-quorum-for-rivers-proclamation/ *EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian Lawmakers Accept $25,000 Bribe As Tinubu’s Allies Scramble To Stem Mass Abstention, Secure Crucial Quorum For Rivers Proclamation* _Lawmakers said the offers poured in around 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday as it became increasingly difficult for the president’s aides and legislative allies to whip the needed votes._ -by VICTOR OLORUNFEMI AND AMBALI ABDULKABEER MARCH 20, 2025 LAWMAKERS at the National Assembly came into a payola windfall overnight as administration officials raced to stave off a humiliating defeat of President Bola Tinubu’s emergency proclamation in Rivers, Peoples Gazette has learnt. Eleven lawmakers, comprising seven senators and four representatives, confirmed separately to The Gazette that they were offered up to $25,000 to support Mr Tinubu’s invocation of Section 305 of the Nigerian Constitution to dismantle democratic institutions in Rivers, including firing elected Governor Simi Fubara and all state legislators, and impose government by military ordinance statewide. “Members are reluctant to even show up to the parliament,” a lawmaker told The Gazette Thursday morning. “Some of them, especially those from Borno, received messages from their governors that they should not support the emergency rule in Rivers.” At an executive session of the House plenary on Thursday morning, only 113 members out of 360 were present, falling short of a simple quorum of 120 members. To stem the impending humiliation, cash bribes were immediately discussed by the president’s loyalists, including Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sources told The Gazette. After interviews with 14 members across both chambers, 11 confirmed receiving offers for bribes. Seven who confirmed receiving offers said they were paid $25,000 between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, while four received $15,000 within the same period. Two lawmakers said they heard about or received offers but rejected them. Only Senator Seriake Dickson told The Gazette he received no offers, much less rejected. He is a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party and a major opponent of the president’s decision. The lawmakers said they picked up the offers at different locations across the Nigerian capital, Abuja, but were insured if they came from the same source. The lawmakers said they started being approached around 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, as it became increasingly difficult for the president’s aides and legislative allies to whip the needed votes to ratify the emergency rule by Thursday afternoon. Mr Tinubu announced the emergency on Tuesday night, citing escalating political tension between Mr Fubara and lawmakers loyal to Nyesom Wike. The president immediately installed Ibok-Etuk Ekwe Ibas, a retired naval chief, to administer the state for six months. The announcement sparked an immediate uproar, with legal scholars and everyday Nigerians condemning it as unconstitutional and potentially harmful to national cohesion. The president has 48 hours to get the backing of the parliament for the proclamation to stand, even though the Constitution was silent as to the president’s ability to sack an elected government of an autonomous state. Wednesday was the first chance lawmakers had to ratify the order, but both chambers fell short of the needed members. In the House, only 80 lawmakers of 360 showed up, constituting less than the 120 needed to form even a simple quorum. The Constitution requires two-thirds, or 240 House members and 73 of 109 senators, to ratify the president’s action.

Saturday Essay *TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE* by Moses Oludele Idowu I want to begin with History. Most people have heard the phrase : - "Too little, too late,"- but very few know the origin of that phrase and what it was actually created to serve. In the 1930's - 40's the world moved on precariously and dangerously, tethering and staggering on the path of self-destruction. The wicked were on the march and full of courage and conviction while the righteous majority were racked with indecision, fear, selfishness and utter indifference. The forces of tyranny were on the wings making dramatic gains while there was no courage or political will on the other side to challenge them. Just as it is now in our nation. Nazism was already establishing its tentacles in Germany with Hitler surrounded by the adoration of a nation of culture that has lost its way. Fascism was taking hold and consolidating itself in Italy with Mussolini daring anyone to cross his path. In Asia the Japanese, the Red Dragon, was building a formidable arsenal and stronghold, a military - industrial complex to form the tripod of evil. Against all these formidable forces the Free World had nothing except Appeasement from Britain, Indecision from America and a Soviet Union shackled by an ideology that is good on paper but never worked on ground, struggling with a large restless population it was unable to feed. Thus against Germany's Nazism, Italian Fascism and Japanese Militarism which constituted the Axial Powers, the Free World had no answer or nothing to meet them. There was little courage and even much more little leadership in the Free World to confront the rampaging hordes of wickedness threatening to enslave the world. It was in this very season that the phrase "Too Little, Too Late' was coined to show the lack of leadership and courage in the Free World. That phrase represents "the poverty of courage and creative leadership", of combat men and materials to face the rampaging hordes of naked outright fascistic terrorism assaulting the world. Just as it now is in our dear nation. No leadership. No courage. No conviction. Except among the fascists. In 1938 it was Czechoslovakia and Austria where Hitler marched and swallowed in the face of British Appeasement. In 1939 it was the turn of Poland. Hitler took over Poland with spoken words, without firing a shot. He was an orator. In 1940 it was the turn of France, Belgium and Holland. And finally on Sunday morning December 7, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, America got the message. In the following Spring 1942 in the Philippines Japanese Militarism came with full force and wiped out an entire torpedo fleet causing the fall of Beaten and Conequidor and forcing Gen. MacArthur to retreat to Australia - all the men of the tiny fleet wiped out. America got the message. Indecision is a decision. Refusing to fight and confront the enemy and a threat is itself a decision to submit to his tyranny. Britain at last got the message: You don't appease the devil or a monster; you confront him. From 1938-41 there was too little courage and leadership in the world to face the threat. By the time the Free world would now come together to confront the enemy it was too late. 60 million souls had to perish to stop the tripod of evil led by Adolf Hitler. But if the threat had been confronted in 1938 more lives wouldn't have been wasted. Military experts estimated that at the most, 30,000 lives might have been lost to stop Hitler in 1938; but it was not done. So the war that Chamberlain feared eventually came and now 60 million lives had to perish. Too little, too late. These were the lessons of the World War but do we really learn? History is not only a faithful record of the past, it is also a prophecy of what is coming. Today I see the same thing, the same processes at work in our nation. The same forces, the same strategies and shenanigans. And just like in the Free World of the 1930's there is no leadership, courage and conviction. While the forces of enslavers, tyranny are growing in their actions and bravery the forces of freedom are in disarray and unsure of even what action to take. Last year the NBS gave us to know that banditry and kidnapping are the most lucrative trades in Nigeria before the report was pulled down by hackers. The wise will understand. At least we all can now see that insecurity has worsened. Farmers are now in danger and their farms in more danger. Few weeks ago the Afenifere Youth leader was captured on his way to Abuja around Akoko, one of the most dangerous spots and staging post of bandits and kidnappers. He wasn't released until his wife paid N17 million naira. Few days ago the same bandits or herdsmen went to a community farm in Ondo State and killed 20 persons. The video was shown to all. The latest video that touched me was that of herdsmen harvesting cassava in a Southeastern region to feed to their cows. That is where we now are. Soon they will come to the cities and towns and to your houses to feed your foodstuffs to their cows and do what they like with your children and wives. Just wait. A monster is not stopped by persuasion, pleading or reason. Or even the appeal to Law. He is stopped only by what he believes in : Force. When Hitler went to Czechoslovakia and Austria no one stopped him. The consequence: he proceeded to Poland, then to France... Belgium. Before, the bandits were in the forest but now they operate from the highways. Now it is the farms and villages. Soon it will be your houses and right inside your towns. In 2018 I warned the Yorubas about these and what to do. In 2020 I warned the entire Southerners ( and especially Yorubas) what steps they should take urgently. ( See *Something Has Happened to the Yoruba, 7 Dangerous Delusions Among Southerners* ) If they have heeded the lessons then it wouldn't have escalated to this level. Then there was little courage and leadership in Yoruba land. The politicians would not say anything not to jeopardise their chances. Bola Tinubu would not say anything because his eyes were on 2023 just as he won't say anything now because he is also focused on 2027. Human lives were expendables in 1941 when Macarthur retreated allowing a fleet to be wiped out; they are too now as the rulers keep silent in the face of tyranny. I saw the report sent out by the Afenifere Youth leader asking for action now. He said the land has been encircled. So it is just now you are discovering that? Poor you. Why didn't you join me to magnify the call in 2018, 2019 to 2023? It is late now. It is now you know that your forests are surrounded? It is now you know that you are encircled? Because it happened to you? This is the first phase. They need to impoverish your people first by collecting their money through kidnapping to fund their jihadist army. They need to destroy your harvest to create famine so you won't be able to fight when the D- Day comes. They need to instill fear into you to even step out of your house. Before they move to the last and final phase: attack or genocide. It happened in Turkey to the Armenians while the world was busy with the First World War and no one was watching. It could happen again. These are the ways of the tyrants and they are on course. All these were clear to me as far back as 2018. I knew this won't go away. I knew it would get worse. Now time has been lost. Now unity of purpose is lacking. Where is the leadership today in Yorubaland? Where is courage and proactive thinking in the nation? Indecision, self-seeking, personal glory, love of pleasure... indifference. The Oyo House of Representatives member, Mrs Sadipe declared the other day that in her constituency farmers could no longer go to farms because herdsmen have wrecked havocs everywhere. Didn't Yorubas hear her? Has there been any plan of action both then and now? That is the modern Yoruba: no balls, no action, empty and loud- mouthed, lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God. They are waiting for their traditional rulers. The traditional rulers are waiting for the governors. Governors are waiting for Tinubu. Tinubu is waiting for 2027... Some are waiting for Yoruba nation to defend themselves against attacks in their own land. Soon you will end up where you are headed. Few days ago the forces of tyranny made another gain, dramatic gain on our watch. The "Supreme Court of judicial bandits" in a judgement decided that a farmer Sunday Jackson who in an act of self-defense killed a Fulani assailant must die for - of all things - murder. Our judges said he should have fled rather than killing a Fulani man. They expected a man who eas wounded and stabbed on his leg to flee. This judgement would have been funny if it were not so pathetic. In John Bunyan's allegorical work, the masterpiece of all time, "Pilgrims Progress" we see how Christian and his companion were accosted when they got to Vanity Fair in the City of Vanity where they were arrested and brought before the judge of the Land whose name is Lord Hate-Good who sentenced them and confiscated their properties. Democracy is now Vanity Fair and Nigeria is now the City of Vanity. Lord Hate- Good is no more on the pages of imaginative Literature she now sit atop a Judas-iary backed by activist judges who make their own laws rather than interpret them. Judas loved his own nation more than his master and chose to betray the latter for the former; the judases in our Supreme Cult preferred to obey their puppet masters and let a nation go to blazes. They have therefore out- judas even Judas. You now understand and can now make meaning all the curious judgments that has been coming from that Cult. Why number 4 had to be elevated to become number 1; why a candidate who did not contest an election had to be rewarded with a ticket to represent his party and why it is punishable, contrary to the Law of God and Nature, for a man to defend himself on his own land and within his own space. You now understand why all enemies and perceived enemies of the Fascist Regime has been receiving unfavorable judgments from Lord Hate-Good's Court. The latest are Peter Odili and Sanusi Lamido Sanusi. You will see worse things in the coming days. Fascism is now on the march in our nation. Not just fascism but Islamofascism. The only organised forces and mobilized forces that I see today in Nigeria; the only coherent and raging power and the greatest threat to freedom today are the forces of fascism and Islamofascism in all their disguises, mutations and progression. They have taken over the Judas-iary. They control the Legislature - a body full of nihilists, moral anarchists, scavengers, drug addicts, sex- slaves, fraudsters with a sprinkling of few principled men too few to make any change. Need I talk of the Executhieves, the source and ocean of all pollution, defilement and unutterable vileness of the fountain of a nation? It took Nigerians 8 years to know that Buhari is not a democrat, how long will it take for Nigerians to discover that our man is more of a monarchist than a democrat? Fascism is on course. All the arms of government are now taken. They owned and control the press - the corrupt and compromised press. They largely control the civil society and its "hacktivists" - that are all over the place but no where on ground. And they owned and control the religious elements of major religions. This is the very kind of climate conducive for control and domination; and to the fascistic takeover of a nation and any society. Democracy is dead. First it was in Lagos where security was withdrawn from an elected speaker to a deposed speaker and a legislative decision overturned by the whims of one man sitting in Abuja. Now it is the turn of Rivers State where an elected governor, legislators, and all symbols of democracy, warts and all, have been disabled and a malleable legislature worse than even a footmat has rubber-stamped it by voice vote. And Madam Hate- Good's Judas-iary will equally affirm the illegality if the courts are approached. Fascism is on course. Osun State could be the next. And nothing will happen. In the 1930's - 40's there was the tripod of Tyranny struggling to enslave the world. In 2025 Nigeria there is the tripod of evil working to ensnare freedom and compromise Nigerian Secularity. There is the Fascistic Authoritarianism of APC Government, the Sharia ideology of Fulani Oligarchy presently on course in some Northern states and thirdly, there are the Rogue Elements ( similar to Hitler's Green Berets and Skinheads) consisting of Fulani bandits, herdsmen, terrorists, thugs, agberos etc., which the APC has never really fought and always treated with soft spots and respect. One ideology unites all of them at the top - Islamofascism. And they are working for the same goal at the end. The Nazis started with burning books but later they burnt bodies and humans. The Islamofascists of our nation started with breaking beer bottles and shutting hotels. Now they are shutting schools. Tomorrow they will shut churches and recreational centers and could arrest you one day if your beards are not long enough. In 2018 I predicted this using the exact words. Has it not happened to us now? In the 1930-40 there was a Roosevelt, a Churchill and a Stalin who finally rose up to challenge the rampaging forces of Fascism. In our nation today we have no Stalin, no Churchill, no Roosevelt, no Generals Patton or MacArthur. NANS is lost to reactionary forces. NBA is a toothless bulldog. NUJ is sick and nigh to death. NLC has lost its ideological bearing. ASUU - radical ASUU is wounded in the field of battle and now war- weary and nurturing its wounds. NMA and NSE ( doctors and engineers) rarely dabble into politics preferring to face their private matters. The Opposition is in disarray assuming there is anything that could be called by that name. PDP is not different from APC. LP is still in the womb of formation. The religious bodies are weak. CAN is morally weak. PFN has no ideology that can power a national liberation or frighten a demagogue. It was Martin Luther who said, "He is a man who can speak forcefully to men." Such was Luther himself. Such was John Wesley, George Fox, William Wilberforce, John Calvin, Garrick Braide, William Harris, Joseph Babalola.... Alas, Nigerian Christianity has not a single man in the mold of such men listed above at this hour. I can't find a single one on the horizon. The only weapon and only thing left for Nigerians now is the Social Media which is also under assault of regulation and monitoring by the fascists in the Legislature This is how an empire is lost; this is how civilization disappears from the radar. All the 26 civilizations studied by Professor Arnold Toynbee this was how they disappeared. They lost their spiritual initiative their zest, moral quality and creative element within their culture. General Obasanjo said the other day that the traditional rulers have been taken over by drug addicts, fraudsters, sex- slaves.. The last pillar of culture and Cultural Renewal is lost. That is how nations die. This is how a nation goes into slavery. This is how freedom is lost. It is not just because of the actions of the wicked but also because of the inactions, cowardice, lack of leadership and courage of the righteous majority. It is easy to lose freedom; it is not difficult to enslave liberty. Hitler disabled democracy within one month and few days in one of the most cultured nations on Earth. It is easy to lose liberty. Now the forces of Fascism are united and have bared their fangs. They are marching on and what or who will stop them? What do we have to stop them? Where is the courage? Where is the leadership? Have you heard even the Nigerian Governor's Forum to say anything against an illegality perpetrated against one of their own? In 1938 courage was too little, by 1945 it was too late. In 2015, 2023 Nigeria it was too little. Will it be too late too for us? TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE. Have a wonderful weekend. Follow me: Facebook: Moses Oludele Idowu WhatsApp: 08034697670 X:@MosesOludele ©️ Moses Oludele Idowu March 22, 2025 All Rights Reserved