[size=14pt]If my memory serves me right, the same guy who was visiting Nigeria and holding 'peace' meetings with powers that be when Moshood Abiola was terminated with a cup of tea? Trust him not![/size]

Jesse Jackson should concern himself about how to give amnesty to Guantanamo bay detainees found innocent. He should solve that legal limbo of his country first, before he has the moral right to advise Nigeria.

Dear Rev, please kindly go home and leave Nigerian politics alone.

The US bombs Terrorist to smithereens and ask Nigeria to grant them Amnesty , so why dont they do the same?

ayobase: Even America wouldn't negotiate with a terrorist....he meant well, but idea not bought...we also don't negotiate with terrorist!

Yeah, but if they had accepted the amnesty GEJ offered them you wouldnt be saying this.

ayobase: Even America wouldn't negotiate with a terrorist....he meant well, but idea not bought...we also don't negotiate with terrorist!

well said as a reverend he's trying to shelve violence and clamour for peace as any religious leader should.in this case,no is the answer.you don't grant amnesty to faceless chameleon terrorist whose motives contravene every criminal code on earth.in as much as US won't enter into negotiations with alqaeda to prevent further attack on US territory.there's no reason why we should offer the same.amnesty isn't a presidential pardon for alamaesiya,its determines the future and course of peace in our country.

Its been ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
while I visited nairaland.. I just had to post on this thread.. I read what d Revrend said and he seemed to have offered reasonable conditions on the way forward and also drew instances from american politics where national interest has been put ahead of political, ethnic and religious issues... It disgusted to to see the first 4 people to have commented on this thread as chasing shadows and leaving substance.. Wtf mehn! Its either the modrator must'ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
been sleeping to hav allowed post from shymexx, afam4eva, chelsebmw and van snikers make this thread.. Some issues are ment to be sancrosantic and not to be toyed with.. These guys sounds like jokers to me.. Our land is fast degenerating into ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
war zone and Ų come post bullshit here on nairaland.. The Revrend said somthing about Economic Amenesty and also about sharing available resources evenly.. I think he adressed the whole problem naigeria is having.. He talked about sincearity of our leaders and economic restitutions and these clowns just come here to talk bullshit.. Economic restitutions and amnesty such that, the north is like some 30 years behind the south.. The government should bring them to date by empowering them with Mass and compulsory Education like Awolowo did for the southerners.. There is enof resources in the land but its not trickling down.. The revrend said there should be equality in sharing of available resources, meaning to say, our looting leaders should put ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
halt to it.. We need sincerity and transparency... Those guys contributing bullshit probably doest know what ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
full war blown situation is like.. Look at Syria... For 2 years nao and counting ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
war that started just in one day is 2 years nao and still counting.. America is accusing Russia of suppling Syria with weapons and Russia is not even denying it.. No negotiations are being reached, UN is just looking and the war degenerates everyday.. Refugees from syria cross the border to seek shelter in Turkey.. Bombs went off in Turkey and the Turks are mad at their goverment for allowing Refugees in their land, nao the turks are being hostile to syrian Refugees.. Like FELA sang..' Double Wahala For deadi body and d owner of deadi body..
So ♍ brothers, B4 Ų comment for the fun of commenting, please reason or else this nairaland wouldn't be serving its purpose.. Afteral, all the Arab Springs started mainly as an internet Revolution or I'l say more of their revolutions ώăS̤̥̈̊
thru such internet forums... So I think nairaland deserves some decorum and not just lousy comments. If you don't have what to say, just shot up! I hardly ever comment but those guys realy disgust me with their post.. So what! Oppourtunistic.. Perms his hair.. Those are not the issues on ground.. The real issues are that, there is war in maiduguri, yobe, adamawa.. And these people are even fleeing to Gombe and other places as I read today, so this small thing can snow ball. As we talk. People are still looting.. Let the goverment bring an economic restitution to the table today and let's see.. Let's decide what we want in the restitution.. The cost of running governace is too much.. Democracy is too expensive, corruption is too entrenched, land blessed with milk and honey but yet poor people.. These are the Restitutions we need.

Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Obama, etc. are all idiots and are waste of time at best. Islam is a declaration of war on all of civilization. No matter what you give to Boko-Haram, because of their false, antichrist Islamic believes they will always be very violent.

Rev pls go and commit suicide with your sermon

Its like you never ehard of war indemnity.. Nobody actually ever wins ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
war.. War is ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
last resort. War is very expensive.. War only makes us more vulnurable and exposes us to more hunger.. I watched on BBC world report ђоώ Nigeria ώăS̤̥̈̊
being portrayed to the outside world and for once I †̥
ōt what ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
hell of ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
feet it ώăS̤̥̈̊
being ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
Nigerian.. World'S̤̥̈̊
most porpulous Black Nation. Mehn! We need ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
way forward.. We sit down and watch everyday and things keep degenerating.. OMG!

I think this forum needs ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
lot of decorum and I think because its ɑ̣̣̝̇̇
free forum mediocre minds just come around to talk crap.

Whatever the case, he made a serious point on tackling the Boko Haram issue through constructive social measures, i.e. rebuilding and rehabilitation. Granting amnesty too IS an option but only if the BH come begging for it and lay down all arms. This Amnesty would then mean trying them under lesser charges than treason and murder in the 1st which are mandatory death sentences.

On the other hand, Jesse Jackson blundered like hell when he said there are 'Buddhists' in Nigeria. Saying such a thing such that homeboy did not do his appropriate homework on this country

Jesse Jackson revealed some home truths. Ultimately there is a place for dialogue to achieve lasting peace. Any peace secured through the instrumentality of force is nothing but a momentary one.

@pstacks, I couldn't finish ur long rhetorics but I have to tell u, u derailed this topic. Everybody knows about the problems of Nigeria which was caused by thesame supporters of boko haram by the way and Jesse Jackson cannot be a specialist in our problems more than us experiencing it. A democratically elected govt is not allowed to solve it by these Islamists and u are here spewing non wisdom. The north is not as backward as the people in Bakassi, Niger Delta, Ebonyi, villages in the SE, SW, MB, anywhere else in the country. Their leaders are the richest in the country, they should just drop their selfish and wicked attitude to help their people instead of continually impoverishing them so as to make them willing tools for their greedy religious and political propaganda. Pls change ur font, its painful to the eyes.

Back to the topic, Jesse got it wrong this time. If they grant amnesty to these virgin hunters, then every criminal in Nigeria deserves amnesty.

Rev Jesse Jackson goofed on this issue big time! Boko haram deserve NO amnesty at all. In fact, all BH members should be slaughtered (preferably beheaded, with the eyes completely gorged out).

Let him come and spend the rest of this year in nigeria(in the northern part of the nigeria) if he did,nt die @ d end,he will reviesed his statement.

Christians for mouth....
See as them dey bash their Man Of God

PS: I hear say 4 people died scrambling for holy pure water at TB Joshua's devil's church!

Nawaa for dis fufu brain eeeediots sha!

This Rev is a disgrace to Christianity and mankind in general. Such hypocrisy.

How I wished he was personally affected, then let's see if he will still sing the same tune.

Finecat: Jesse Jackson needs to stfu! and go back home and try to fix the disfunctional black Ghettos and hoods in America. If he's such a good problem solver, he should start from his black communities in America or fix his son (Jesse Jackson Jr.) going to Prison in August for fraud in Illinois. I guess he's looking for money again like he did when Abacha and IBB were in Govt. OLE!

#cosign. Totally agree with ya

By the time the Nigerian Army is through with them, there will be no Boko Haram to amnesty.

If it were in America would obama grant terrorists amnesty? Jessy i hope u are nt in 9ja to share 4rm our national cake.

Oga J.J. I'm disappointed in you on this one. Come and spend your vacation in Borno state to defend your comments....btw I ddn't know we had Buddhists in Nigeria. Thanks for the enlightenment!!

Speaking of amnesty, let those BH dudes come out and tell the world that they just bombed, killed & maimed innocent lives for no meaningful reason. Oh, I forgot....the reason is that "Western education is a sin".
#A**ho*es

Look at the nonsense that the man is talking about. Where was he when those animals were slaughtering innocent people? He should go back to his country and stop poking into our affairs.

The only jesse jags I know is MI brother,who is this one again
Abeg we don't need amnesty again
We are wining the war.

Jesse jags said 1 thng,and jesse jackson is saying another thng.mr jackson,allow us 2 solve our problem.ur brother jesse jags is in support of our solution.

Some people just wanna talk so that we see that they exist.ok o Reverend Jesse abi waitin be ur name we done see you!