Abhay Thakur
Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr Abhay Thakur has called on combatants in the country to embrace dialogue and peaceful resolution of the conflict.
Speaking at the weekend at the celebration of Mahatma Gandhi 152nd Posthumous Birthday and the 15th International Day of Non-violence in Abuja organized by the India High Commission in Nigeria, Thakur said it is only the week that embrace violence to resolve crisis while the strong make use of dialogue and non-violence mechanism.
He said the whole world has a lesson to learn from Mahatma Gandhi who promoted non-violence as the best option to address crisis.
He said: “The importance of remembering and celebrating this great man Mahatma Gandhi cannot be overemphasized. This event can only underscore how important he is to us to remember and follow Mahatma Gandhi teachings, even to this day his message is ever more relevant and important because not only did he speak about non-violence, he also spoke a lot about sustainable development.
“And today as we mark the 152nd anniversary of his birth. We also mark the 15th international day of non-violence, that United Nations adopted a resolution to declare Mahatma Gandhi’s birthday as international day of non-violence and this is an important message that the whole world need to adopt non-violence for complete resolution of dispute and for settlement and reconciling differences and actually ensure that terrorism, instability are all tackled in the spirit of mutual accommodation and tolerance and above all non-violence.”
He said violence is destructive and end up achieving little but when non-violence approach to settle dispute, it heals the soul and promote harmonious living.
Thakur said celebrating the day with Yoga was a great combination, explaining that” Yoga which means unity or joining together and Mahatma, meaning a great soul, are worthy combination.
He asked that the world should learn to embrace both messages from Mahatma Gandhi and Yoga.
Michael Olugbode in Abuja
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Fulani criminals from Guinea and their collaborators are the aggressors which do not want to respect democratic decision of this territory natives majority. Democratic decision of this territory natives majority is liberation from the bondage of fulani caliphate called Nigeria in which the six geopolitical zones are sovereign states. War is what happens when democratic decision of the majority is not respected. War is legitimate instrument by law to defend democratic decision of the majority.
We this territory natives which owns the land have defeated fulani caliphate called Nigeria in which the six geopolitical zones are sovereign states. The era fulani criminals from Guinea are traditional rulers, religious leaders, political office holders etc. over Hausa people, Kanuris etc. of the north is over and gone forever. The era fulani criminals from Guinea used 1804 fulani caliphate with its emirates to keep northern natives under fulani rulership, used northern natives to dominate southern natives politically is over and gone forever. The era fulani criminals from Guinea used fraudulent Electoral Structure under fulani caliphate called Nigeria to decide who is the president, governors, NASS members etc. is over and gone forever.
Natives of the six geopolitical zones must establish interim governments of their sovereign states now with military, police etc. to defend territorial borders of their sovereign states, fix their lands, economies. Only the Sword decides.