[Community-Discuss] History Lesson -- Looting AFRINIC -- The Beginning

[Noah]

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 12:36 PM Paschal Ochang <pascosoft at gmail.com> wrote:


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> On Monday, August 9, 2021, Sunday Folayan <sfolayan at gmail.com> wrote:

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>> On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 6:24 PM Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:

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>>> On Sat, 7 Aug 2021, 18:12 Sunday Folayan, <sfolayan at gmail.com> wrote:

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>>>> On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 10:16 AM Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:

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>>>>> On Sat, 7 Aug 2021, 11:40 Sunday Folayan, <sfolayan at gmail.com> wrote:

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>>>>>> On Sat, Aug 7, 2021 at 9:03 AM Paschal Ochang <pascosoft at gmail.com>

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>>>>>> Well put. The Nigerian Internet community is cultured and not

>>>>>> fragmented. We know when to speak, how to speak and what to say. This is

>>>>>> not how to extend an invitation to speak

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>>>>> Ooh well, Reverand, I am sure you know our African saying that goes

>>>>> "Spare the rod, Spoil the Child".

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>>>> Actually, that one is from the Bible. Proverbs 13:24.

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>>> Most of us resonated with the proverb which enforces a sense of

>>> responsibility and accountability.

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>>> You are an aspiring "pontiff without borders".

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>>> I am not sure if you indulge yourself in history but I will remind us

>>> about one of the greated statesmen of Africa the Late.Mwalimu Nyerere.

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>>> You see when Gen.Sani Abacha went hard on His.Excellence Olusegon

>>> Obasanjo, It was Mwalimu Nyerere who intervened to help save Hon.Obasanjo

>>> who went to later on lead NG through a transformation that we all pride

>>> ourselves with today. Had Obasanjo not been freed from Prison, perhaps

>>> things would have taken a different turn.

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>> This story is new to me. What I know is that Obasanjo was not freed from

>> prison by Abacha based on any pressure. He ignored all. Abacha died with

>> Obasanjo still in prison. Indeed, Yaradua, Obasanjo's deputy who was jailed

>> along with him, died in prison. The new government freed Obasanjo as an

>> appeasement to a Nation on edge.

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The intervention to free Obasanjo took the efforts of Statesmen like
Mwalimu Nyerere and others outside NG.



> Thank you Reverand (Elder States Man) for the clarification. I hope

> Obasanjo does not get to hear that he was released by Abacha when it wasn't

> true. Hahah

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Actually, Obasanjo himself publicly appreciated the efforts of Mwalimu and
others outside NG who helped free him after Abacha's military dictatorship
and demise.

Back to AFRINIC, members should stay away from Lu Heng less they get
misguided and mine was to point out that folks being contacted in .NG or
.ZA or elsewhere within this service region should ignore that dude based
in HongKong.

Cheers,
Noah
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