Conspiracy of Silence

Azukaoma Uche Osakwe

Description

Gen. Muhammadu Buhari was presented as an agent of change, but his seven years in charge have only brought pain, bloodshed, and more turmoil to Nigeria.
Nigeria is rife with divisions, particularly between Christians and Muslims.
Both groups aim at converting others, and so they are in direct conflict with each other. The bitterness came to a head when Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian, succeeded his former boss, Musa Yar’Adua, upon his death. Jonathan would serve as president from 2010 to 2015.
The northern oligarchy was infuriated because they depended on rent and patronage, which they knew would not be feasible under a Christian president. They employed every tactic they could to destabilize his regime, and in 2015, he lost the presidential election to the former military head of state, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari.
In this book, the author lays out how politics in Nigeria is no longer based on what politicians can do for the community. Rather, the focus is on what they can do for themselves. There is no more catching fish for God. The religion they follow is based on stealing from the people.
Buhari was presented as an agent of change, but his seven years in charge have only brought pain, bloodshed, anarchy, and more turmoil. Something must be done to move Nigeria away from the precipice.
Praise for Conspiracy of Silence
“Azukaoma Uche Osakwe’s book is another in a growing list of sad narratives on the failure of leadership in Nigeria under the leadership of Muhammadu Buhari's Administration. The book painstakingly combs through the many ills of Nigerian society under Buhari and the collapse of such institutions as the police, army, electoral body, government officials and the various ethnic nationalities. He accuses these people of conspiring to stay mum amid terrible governance. The author charges the citizenry, as well as the Igbo Nation, which, he says, are marginalized, to buckle up and take what remains of their destiny in their own hands.”
—Jude Atupulazi, editor-in-chief, Fides Newspaper, Awka, Nigeria
“Conspiracy of Silence ... this book must necessarily take a long title. It would indeed, be difficult to capture the Muhammadu Buhari era as president of Nigeria with an elegantly titled book. The simple reason is that the Buhari tenure was devoid of neither elegance nor finesse. Conspiracy of Silence encapsulates this rather dark epoch in fine detail – warts and all. It’s a racy report of Africa’s giant caught in the vice grips of mediocrity and mendacity in equal measures. It's stranger than fiction!”
—Steven Osuji, columnist and former member of the editorial board, The Nation, Nigeria

Sujets

• Political Science
• African
• Government
• World
• Leadership
• Nigeria

Informations

• Publié par: AuthorHouse UK
• Date de parution: 28 août 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781728374499
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE
 
DECEPTION, HYPOCRISY, AND BLOODSHED UNDER MUHAMMADU BUHARI
 
 
 
 
AZUKAOMA UCHE OSAKWE
 
 
 


 
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CONTENTS
Dedication
Foreword
Foreword-1
Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I : Muhammadu Buhari’s Fulanisation of Nigeria
Chapter 1       The Conspiracy of Silence under Muhammadu Buhari
Part II : Lawlessness, Failed State and Politics of Restructuring in Nigeria
Chapter 2       End Games: Nation of Lawlessness
Chapter 3       The Burden of Memory
Chapter 4       The Rivers of Blood
Part III : The State of The Nation
Chapter 5       The Politics of Debauchery and Nationalism Narrative
Chapter 6       Remaking of Nigeria in the Eyes of Nnamdi Kanu
Chapter 7       The Crisis of Nigerian States: The Reluctant Citizens
Chapter 8       The Burden of Governance: Elite Conundrum
 
Bibliography

DEDICATION
This book is dedicated to almighty God for His goodness and kindness to me. God’s mercy and grace have shone over me. To men and women who cherish peace and justice. To future generations who deserve to know the truth in the absence of the teaching of Nigerian history in our primary and secondary schools. To my late dad and mum, Pa Ignatius Onyehara and Ezinne Emelda Osakwe, my late sister, Romanda Okpodike, and my brother’s late wife, Mrs Ngozi Osakwe. May their souls continue to rest in peace. Also, to Igbo men and women who died fighting oppression, marginalisation, and injustice, you are all martyrs.

 
Those who mismanage our affairs would silence our criticism by pretending they have facts not available to the rest of us. And I know it is fatal to engage them on their own ground. Our best weapon against them is not to marshal facts, of which they are truly managers, but passion. Passion is our hope and strength, a very present help in trouble.
Chinua Achebe

FOREWORD
Ndigbo, a blessed tribe, is widespread, not only in Africa but worldwide. Anthropologists are still researching our origin, our ancient and modem history and locations. Ndigbo, meaning Igbo people, are found, majorly in present day Nigeria in the following states: Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu, Imo (100%).
They are in Rivers State (60%) and in Delta (40%). Small populations can be found in Edo, Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Kogi, Benue and Bayelsa states. They have been in these states from time immemorial. Outside Nigeria, Ndigbo can be found to be indigenous in Ghana, Kenya and the Southern African countries. Igbo people are second in the demographics of Equitorial Guinea. The end of the slave trade led to Igbo people being resettled in Liberia and Sierra Leone where Igbo presidents have emerged. Igbo people can be found in Haiti, Caribbean countries and of course the Eastern seaboard of the USA. Gabon is a home to Ndigbo because of the Biafra war.
Today, Ndigbo can be found in all the states of Nigeria in large numbers with Lagos and Abuja having very high populations.
One of the endearing qualities of the Igbo person is hard work. He strives a lot with the aim of achieving a good life. He is positive minded. He loves education and enlightenment. The average Igbo person is family oriented, unabashed in his Igboness, seeks justice and fair play and he is religious. 99% of Ndigbo are Christians while the remaining 1% are spread among Traditional African Religion, Judaism and Islam.
This book describes the Igbo person in the Nigeria of today, his travails, his triumph, heartache and expectations. The Igbo person is not easily intimidated by the obstacles of today. His DNA shows a long line of conflicts and determination to succeed.
I can say, without any fear of contradiction, that Ndigbo are truly blessed by the almighty God.
The author, an indefatigable Igbo man, has done a lot of work in this book. He has also written other books, which will enlighten the reader on Ndigbo. This is very relevant in today’s world where Ndigbo can be found in all parts of the world. The young ones need answer to the question: Who is the Igbo person?
Chief Goddy Uwazurike (Ide). A lawyer. [e-mail] . Former President of Aka Ikenga, an Ohanaeze chieftain and currently, the president of Credibility Group.

FOREWORD-1
I am Anthony Ejiofor, a recently retired professor of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology. I had 38 years of experience teaching and research in this field in various parts of the world including Europe, Africa, Israel and North America. More importantly and in respect of this foreword, I have been a leader, speaker, organizer and motivator in Igbo affairs since 1983, especially in light of the circumstances of the Igbo in the Nigerian environment. I am currently the Executive Chairman of the World Igbo Congress, an affiliate-based organization proactively engaged in protecting the interest of the Igbo in the Diaspora. I represent the organization in the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations.
This book is an unputdownable for one who seeks the truth about the different strokes for different people in Nigeria that has worsened since the end of the Biafran war and has indeed, become devilish under the present government of General Muhammadu Buhari.
My pursuit of Igbo wellbeing placed Azukaoma Uche Osakwe, the author of this book, Conspiracy of Silence, Deception, Hypocrisy and Bloodshed Under Muhammadu Buhari in my path. In the course of our interactions, I saw the passion and fire that burn in him as he yearns for justice, equity and fair play for his people, the Igbo in Nigeria. Dr. Osakwe has laced the entire book with this passion and his pain is palpable in light of the raw deal his people are receiving from the hands of successive governments in Nigeria. His love for his people is genuine. Indeed, it is hard to strike up a conversation with Dr. Osakwe without prompting a flight of chronological rendition of the suffering of the Igbo in Nigeria before, during and after the Nigeria-Biafra war. My first and sustained impression of him is that the Igbo have a leader in him, one who would sacrifice anything for the emancipation of his people.
The book essentially and diagnostically captured the bane of Nigeria as a country zeroing in on poor leadership and mundane and ignoble practices as contributory characteristics that fractured what would, otherwise, be a robust country and a shining pride of the black world. You cannot miss the masterful diagnosis that laid the foundation of a beautiful and easy-to-read book. Sometimes, people read books of these theme based on their interests in the people about whom it is written. I find this book compelling even for a dispassionate reader who is looking for untainted and unembellished narrative of the Nigeria situation, especially, as it affects the Igbo
As one who experienced the war in 1967/70, and have read a long list of books on the Nigerian experiment and the war, I did not imagine that there are still untold aspects of the story until I read the book. Dr. Osakwe is certainly very meticulous in digging up useful information that would, otherwise fall through the cracks. Dr. Osakwe captured, with great clarity, the kitchen table issues that yoke the Nigerian of today. They ranged from the lack of services that people in others parts of the world take for granted to basic necessities need for life sustenance. He pointed out the abysmal hunger situation, the abject squalor, the mind-boggling insecurity and the pathological helplessness of the governments in the face of all these. The book also highlighted how all these have gotten worse under the administration of General Buhari who has demonstrated baffling incompetence after he campaigned in 2015 on being an agent of discipline and change. Dr. Osakwe brought his incisive and analytical mind to bear on the sorry state of insecurity and the outright despotic clampdown of the administration on the rights of its citizens to protest injustice and agitate for self-determination as declared by the UN in 2007.
Buhari’s inability to reign in his kinsmen, the notorious killer Fulani Herdsmen and the terrorist Boko Haram leaves a sour taste in the mouth and it is thoroughly captured in the book. Furthermore, the book paints a clear image of the inept and draconian handling of recent public unrests such as the #ENDSARS with the attendant extra judicial killings as an archetypical governing style of this administration.
In the final analysis, Dr. Osakwe captured the need for a new constitution for Nigeria that will guarantee participation of the over 400 ethnic nationaliti