{"id":15226,"date":"2013-07-08T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2013-07-08T22:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=15226"},"modified":"2013-07-08T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2013-07-08T22:16:09","slug":"nigeria-different-from-egypt-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/nigeria-different-from-egypt-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Different From Egypt &#8211; Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Abia state governor Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu Thursday distanced events in Egypt from the Nigerian situation insisting that both countries did not share the same political history.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu said,&#8221;we are quite different.Egyptians are used to wars and military rule.Nigerians are not.We only fought a Civil War.For the North Africans,they have seen invasions and battles.From Hyskos,Assyrians,Persians,Greeks, Romans and Byzantines to Arabs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He explained that because deposed President Mohammed Morsi withdrew a suit against journalists,like the Nigerian government,and imposed state of Emergency in three cities,before the military struck some Nigerians are drawing comparisms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That i can understand.However,from 1952 when the Society of Free Officers toppled King Farouk,all Egyptian leaders until Morsi were of military background.Gen. 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