dapachez: You are the true son of your father. You took the words right out of my mouth. 100,000,000,000 likes. You are ao on point

1025: to me, a well trained police dog is more valuable than okupe.

Sealeddeal: If i were buhari,i will be useful to my people but its very unfortunate that Buhari has successfully become a waste of space.

Symphony007: asking ordinary citizens? So a former nigeria head of state who is also a prominent muslium, widely respected by his people and who they'll listen to is now "an ordinary citizen"? I don't know how narrow minded you're but this how government works, all hands on deck to solve national problems, that is how it is done worldwide and buharu's response to this will determine how matured he really is.

take dat: Cheap blackmail and tissues of lies from an habitual liar who speaks on behalf of a government that is pathologically incapable of accepting responsibility. If there are concrete evidence that he is behind the BH scourge, why not prosecute him instead of this campaign of calumny, looking for a fall guy? Is Government trying to abdicate her responsibility of securing lives and properties to the Same Buhari who is accused of being behind the menace? Okupe should tell Nigerians if it was Buhari who granted the likes of Ndume bail, and if he is the reason why Modu Sherrif still remains a free man? Why not send his deputy(Sambo) to do the same just as Yaradua did with him in brokering peace with the ND militants?

Sincere 9gerian:
Thanks for your post. Its so painful that some persons have been so blinded by partisan and ethnic sentiments that they cant see beyond their nose.

It is the constitutional responsibility of EVERY Nigerian citizen to ASSIST law enforcement agencies in their discharge of their duties of maintaining law and order. This responsibility is enshrined in the 1999 Nigerian Constitution as amended. It is so because security is the responsibility of ALL. That is how it is even in other countries.

If there's any help someone like Buhari could render to bring the mayhem in the north to a quick end, it is constitutional for him to so do. Otherwise, he is IRRESPONSIBLE, wicked and heartless. This also implies, he only shed crocodile tears the last time.

Some say the president has failed because he's calling on the likes of Buhari to discharge their constitutional responsibility. Well, the president has not failed. The president as Commander in Chief of the armed forces can only deploy FORCE to troubled spots. That, the president has done. The JTF is EVER active in those troubled spots, under the supervision of the president. The attacks have not stopped but that is not UNIQUE to Nigeria. The attacks, by the SAME Islamic terrorists, in Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan, Yemen,etc have also NOT stopped.

Because of realisation that in this sort of insurgency, force alone may not end it, a multifaceted approach has always been on the table. Therefore, the call on the likes of Buhari, who has cult-like following in the north, to assist, in any way he can, in bringing the violence to an early end is not out of place.

Unfortunately, I dont see Buhari doing ANYTHING to help end the violence. Since after he lost in 2011, serious bad blood has been generated Between Buhari and the presidency. Buhari has never attended the National Council of State meeting since after 2011 elections. This is what happens when someone is DESPERATE and sees the presidency as his birthright.

Some are comparing Buhari and the current vice president, Sambo. That is mischievous because Sambo does not have even 1% of the sort of following Buhari commands in the north.

In my opinion, the day the leaders of the north, Buhari inclusive, unite against Boko haram, that will mark the end of Boko haram. For now, they'r playing cat and mouse with boko haram. Force and JTF appear to be the only available option for now.

Pataki:

Even in your space, you are very much useless. Your people don't know you or your usefulness to society.

A number of you peeps just open your gob online without recourse to using your cranial cavity for the sole purpose it was created for - THINK.

figment232: u re just a demented animal

Symphony007: asking ordinary citizens? So a former nigeria head of state who is also a prominent muslium, widely respected by his people and who they'll listen to is now "an ordinary citizen"? I don't know how narrow minded you're but this how government works, all hands on deck to solve national problems, that is how it is done worldwide and buharu's response to this will determine how matured he really is.

Kamsy10:

Last time I checked, somebody vowed to make Nigeria ungovernable. So why GEJ fix what he ddnt start

BetaThings:

Last time I checked, this is a LIE!
PROVE THAT he said so

Right now, a senator Ita Ewang is saying that ILLEGAL (he calls them modular) refineries (which he admit get their crude oil from thieves) should be recognised

Nobody is saying anything about that

erad: Whatever makes Buhari fall for this cheap blackmail and involve himself with this BH thing signifies his end as a breathing man. The government has set a trap that in any case, Buhari can't win if he involves himself.

Every right thinking logical Nigerian knows BH is a Jonathan affair... If Buhari decides to involve himself, one or all of these scenerios will play out...

1) He starts the dialogue, BH agrees and everybody fully welcomes earlier accusations that he is a BH sponsor since no other avenue has worked so far except his confirming the fact that he actually knows their whereabouts, thereby ruining his reputation silently forever. He loses relevance in the political scene and fades away.

2) He ends up being killed even if its by unassociated assassins and all blame is put on BH while Buhari is probably given a Hero's burial(for dying in the name of national security) or not depending on whichever mood the presidency is(which i really don't care much about)... but then, he'll be eliminated forever from the political scene as a competitor. Lets face it, as irrelevant as we claim Buhari is, he is the sole person standing in the way of PDP's control over most of the north.

Jonathan and his co-horts have being reading a lot of books about power... this is a totally wrong application. too obvious and whatever makes me see these possibilities as an ordinary civilian means Buhari will see alot more given his military background.

Ijogz K: He should go to their hide out to persuade them,

You want Buhari dead we all know, but that's not the best way to go about it na? Haba!!!

Power no be do or die! Y do u want him to commit suicide?

Abi since when dd Boko boys start to dey look face

EMMA BC: what d heck do you mean? Did Buhari not say such? Are u trying to defend evil? You must be one of Yobs who 've sworn to be licking Buhari's and northerner's buttocks as long as they remain safe in d country

malc619: Okukpe is‎​ a shameless LIAR!!

black_beau: Buhari is certainly not curtailing any violence until he or another northener is made president,then they will end the violence.that will serve as their 'great achievement'. As you know every President needs his an achievement to brag about. And as for the whole Amnesty thing,I think it would be in the countrys best interest if it is not granted,because if it is,who is to say that I or anyone else won't start a terrorist group,knowing eventually we will be pardoned?

Sealeddeal: If i were buhari,i will be useful to my people but its very unfortunate that Buhari has successfully become a waste of space.

erad: Whatever makes Buhari fall for this cheap blackmail and involve himself with this BH thing signifies his end as a breathing man. The government has set a trap that in any case, Buhari can't win if he involves himself.

Every right thinking logical Nigerian knows BH is a Jonathan affair... If Buhari decides to involve himself, one or all of these scenerios will play out...

erad:
1) He starts the dialogue, BH agrees and everybody fully welcomes earlier accusations that he is a BH sponsor since no other avenue has worked so far except his confirming the fact that he actually knows their whereabouts, thereby ruining his reputation silently forever. He loses relevance in the political scene and fades away.

2) He (Buhari) ends up being killed even if its by unassociated assassins and all blame is put on BH while Buhari is probably given a Hero's burial(for dying in the name of national security) or not depending on whichever mood the presidency is(which i really don't care much about)... but then, he'll be eliminated forever from the political scene as a competitor. Lets face it, as irrelevant as we claim Buhari is, he is the sole person standing in the way of PDP's control over most of the north.

erad:
Jonathan and his co-horts have being reading a lot of books about power... this is a totally wrong application. too obvious and whatever makes me see these possibilities as an ordinary civilian means Buhari will see alot more given his military background.

malc619: Okukpe is‎​ a shameless LIAR!!