Former Presidential aide, Author and political commentator, Reno Omokri has dash in history and revealed that without Nigerian Tanzania might have not been found today.
In his statement shared through his verified X page on early our on Saturday said:”Without Nigeria, Tanzania May Not Have Existed Today!”
He state further: “One challenge I have with my fellow countrymen and women, which, sadly, is shared with many other sub-Saharan Africans, is that we hardly read about our history. Even sadder still, we are not keen on documenting our history.”
“Earlier in the year, Peter Obi, a divisive Nigerian politician, had lied that Nigeria ought to learn from Tanzania because Tanzania had fully met its power needs.”
“Because Tanzania is a country I have visited four times and because I grew up with Tanzanian neighbours, I knew he was lying.”
“Tanzania shut its dams after Cyclone Hidaya hit the country, and it was facing nationwide power blackouts when Mr. Obi told his fib.
“But that is not the story.
“After I exposed Mr. Obi for the liar that he is, one of his Obidients, a rather prominent one, then sent me a missive, claiming that Nigeria was a big for nothing country that could learn from Tanzania how to govern itself.
“Obviously, the fellow, whom I will not name, in order not to disgrace him, is unaware that just as Nigeria did in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and São Tomé and Príncipe in the 1990s and 2000s, Tanzania is only stable today because of Nigeria’s intervention.
“In 1964, Tanganyika, the original name of Tanzania, was facing a serious mutiny. Their army, then known as the Tanganyika Rifles, faced some contagious reactions from John Okello’s revolution in Zanzibar mutinies against the elected government of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, who, lo and behold, went into hiding.
“British marines then stormed the Tanzanian capital and overwhelmed most of the mutineering soldiers. But they could not last the distance and had to return to the United Kingdom, leaving the Nyerere government naked and vulnerable.
“At this stage, a desperate President Nyerere reached out to the Tafawa Balewa administration after an emergency meeting of the Organisation of African Unity.
“Prime Minister Balewa then sent the 3rd Battalion of the Nigerian Army, under Lt. Colonel James Yakubu Pam, to Tanzania, where they arrived sometime in April 1964. This prompted President Nyerere to come out of hiding and assert himself.
“Under Lt. Colonel Pam’s leadership, the country was secured, mutineers who evaded arrest were traced and apprehended, and the Tanganyika Army, known as the Tanganyika Rifles, was disbanded.
“The Nigerian forces, under Lt. Colonel Pam, provided President Nyerere with the military muscle that led to the union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar and the creation of the new country of Tanzania on Sunday, April 26, 1964.
“The present Tanzanian Army is the result of Lt. Colonel Pam, who recruited and trained a brand new army, which was renamed the Tanzania People’s Defence Force.
“But for Lt. Colonel Pam and Nigeria, Taganyika could have devolved into civil war. And in 2025, Peter Obi is belittling Nigeria in favour of Tanzania.
“Sadly, President Nyerere did not return the good turn Nigeria did him.
“During the Nigerian Civil War, Colonel Gowon appealed to President Julius Nyerere to support Nigeria in remaining a united nation, just as Nigeria, through Lt. Colonel Pam’s forces, had helped Tanganyika during its own crises.
“But in a stab at the back, President Nyerere recognised and supported the rebel Republic of Biafra on Saturday, April 13, 1968, claiming that the Igbos would be slaughtered in a genocide if they rejoined the Nigerian federation.
“Tanzania was the first country in the world to recognise Biafra as an independent nation..If You’re Reading From Phoenix Click On Read Original at the top To Read Full Article
“The sad thing is that the same Lt. Colonel James Pam, who saved Nyerere’s government, was himself killed by Major Chris Anuforo, the most blood thirsty coup plotter in Nigeria’s history, on Saturday, January 15, 1966. He asked to pray, and Anuforo gave him permission, and then shot him while he prayed.
“In the attached photo, Lt. Colonel Pam is seen with Julius Nyerere, the man whose government and country he saved.” Reno Omokri concluded.
𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁𝘀𝗔𝗽𝗽 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗧𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝘁 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗔𝘀 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝗽!
