Northern elders yesterday spurned the benevolence by President Goodluck Jonathan ordering the release of terror suspects from prisons across the region, saying he would at some point in time be made to account for the women and children seized by security agents based on unverified terrorism charges.

The northern elders are miffed that the Federal Government under President Jonathan, allowed innocent women and children, who should be spared even in times of war, to be taken captive and incarcerated in dehumanising conditions for many months without trial.
The elders, who spoke to Vanguard yesterday through their spokesman, Prof Ango Abdullahi, noted.
with dismay that the administration had allowed innocent women and children to suffer untold hardship for offences they did not commit.
Abdullahi said: “Let me tell you that what the government did by ordering the release of suspected terrorists was borne out of shame and guilt being suffered by it for clamping innocent women and children into detention camps or what you may call Nigeria’s ‘Guantanamo Bay’, which are scattered all over the place.
“We note with delight that at last common sense has prevailed and the embattled families have regained their freedom. But we hasten to add that this government must account for the women and children from the North, who they took into unwarranted detention.
“As far as we are concerned the release of the so-called terror suspects should have been done long ago as long as this people were not tried or charged.
“To us what the President has done is borne out of embarrassment the government is suffering at home and abroad over the arbitrary detention of innocent women and children. The NEF took very serious exception to the latest threat by militant leader, Dokubo Asari to match the opposition bullet by bullet if Jonathan was not re-elected in 2015, saying that it was a threat to national security.”
In spite of the threat, however, NEF said that while Dokubo did not have the monopoly of war, it
should be clear to him and his sponsors that the country was bigger than a militant leader and his cohorts, who are speaking from both sides of their mouth for pecuniary reasons.
“From the antecedents of Asari Dokubo, we believe that he is making these empty boasts apparently
because of the filthy lucre he is getting from pipeline contracts and the promise of more. But we can bet that he would be the first person to flee to the creeks if the war he is threatening breaks out.
“If not that he is being sponsored by the corridors of power to make this repulsive threat, the best would have been to ignore it as mere ranting of a confused individual looking for cheap gains”

Sharp D: Northern elders yesterday spurned the benevolence by President Goodluck Jonathan ordering the release of terror suspects from prisons across the region, saying he would at some point in time be made to account for the women and children seized by security agents based on unverified terrorism charges.

The northern elders are miffed that the Federal Government under President Jonathan, allowed innocent women and children, who should be spared even in times of war, to be taken captive and incarcerated in dehumanising conditions for many months without trial.
The elders, who spoke to Vanguard yesterday through their spokesman, Prof Ango Abdullahi, noted.
with dismay that the administration had allowed innocent women and children to suffer untold hardship for offences they did not commit.
Abdullahi said: “Let me tell you that what the government did by ordering the release of suspected terrorists was borne out of shame and guilt being suffered by it for clamping innocent women and children into detention camps or what you may call Nigeria’s ‘Guantanamo Bay’, which are scattered all over the place.
“We note with delight that at last common sense has prevailed and the embattled families have regained their freedom. But we hasten to add that this government must account for the women and children from the North, who they took into unwarranted detention.
“As far as we are concerned the release of the so-called terror suspects should have been done long ago as long as this people were not tried or charged.
“To us what the President has done is borne out of embarrassment the government is suffering at home and abroad over the arbitrary detention of innocent women and children. The NEF took very serious exception to the latest threat by militant leader, Dokubo Asari to match the opposition bullet by bullet if Jonathan was not re-elected in 2015, saying that it was a threat to national security.”
In spite of the threat, however, NEF said that while Dokubo did not have the monopoly of war, it
should be clear to him and his sponsors that the country was bigger than a militant leader and his cohorts, who are speaking from both sides of their mouth for pecuniary reasons.
“From the antecedents of Asari Dokubo, we believe that he is making these empty boasts apparently
because of the filthy lucre he is getting from pipeline contracts and the promise of more. But we can bet that he would be the first person to flee to the creeks if the war he is threatening breaks out.
“If not that he is being sponsored by the corridors of power to make this repulsive threat, the best would have been to ignore it as mere ranting of a confused individual looking for cheap gains”

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So called Northern elders should shut up already! So what happens to innocent women, men and children slaughtered and killed by boko boys evryday for the past three years? They are so lucky their women were just detained and they still spew rubbish.

Bunch of losers, where were they when their 'sons' were slaying innocent Igbo women and children during the pogrom of 1966, what about the thousands that have gone through their demonic Kano, Kaduna, Adamawa, Gombe, Maiduguri, Jigawa, Jos ethnic clashes? I need answers! This is pay back time for you marauders!

Extremist and dust-for-brain commentators on both sides. That so-called prof. Ango is an extremely obtuse man. They have been released - stop promising fire and brimstone. Go find something useful to do, like stop Boko Haram who are responsible for the mess in the first place.

I never heard the loquacious Prof tell us the boko haram will account for thousands of innocent men, women, and children, dastardly cut down in their reign of terror. He would rather rail as short term inconvinencw suffered by those with alleged links to them.

Prof Anger should shut up already, he's obviously becoming senile!

Una no even shame... Mr president gave you guys enough period of grace to put your house in order, but instead, you people were reluctant or lacked ideas to do that.

What did you guys do with the security votes that come through your governors every month?

Why didn't your governors installs cctv cameras with the security votes?

Why were there no police posts all around your places?

Why did the governors failed to kick off campaigns in all the mosques against terrorism?

Why can't your governors tackle what's in their backyards?

Kano riots, Jos riots, Kaduna riots, Maiduguri terrorism, Yobe killings, Adamawa killings and attacks etc, abeg una violence traits dey fear me abeg. make una go siddon jare...

Which kind of women are we talking about? Is it those masquerades that covers from head to toe?? If people wey get better women talk, this helmit crabs talk kwa. Nwata Nwanyi hausa enweghi ike ime amu akwurum oto n'uwa a.

Sharp D: "
“From the antecedents of Asari Dokubo, we believe that he is making these empty boasts apparently
because of the filthy lucre he is getting from pipeline contracts and the promise of more. But we can bet that he would be the first person to flee to the creeks if the war he is threatening breaks out.

Can som1 pls tell me wat is filthty lucre in "oyel pepper".
dsame oil money dat has since become d fetter dat is binding dis unholy marriage called Nigeria.
or is he crossed dat d contract was not awarded to their "sons", d boko boys?
let any1 call me to order if i'm wrong.
Take away d oil from ND today and dere will no longer be anytin to die for. den we will naturally fall apart.

Abeg ignore that old man.It is just d ranting of an ant.
Non of these spent forces was courageous enough 2 condemn
The killings perpetrated by their children(Boko haram).
Let me tell Ɣ☺u. (Whispers)....' Their sense of reasonings
Hv been been beclouded by blood stains of d innocent people
They hv butchered'.Ango a professor,former V.C of ABU
Surprised me wth his chilish view.Old age have really beclouded
His sense of reasoning.

holyvirgin: So called Northern elders should shut up already! So what happens to innocent women, men and children slaughtered and killed by boko boys evryday for the past three years? They are so lucky their women were just detained and they still spew rubbish.

the northaners are born to rule so whatever they like they do.

Mr vice chancellor prof Ango is such a big disgrace I must say, when erudite speaks, we are suppose to marvel in awe of their wisdom but Ango has spoken like a market woman on the street of Damaturu. Is it the same Ango who said he has put ND on notice that Jonathan would loose this next election? Even if we have not gone to the poles.
Is it the same Ango who implied that he would (as would his Arewa peers) destabilize the country because a certain ex-millitant spoke anyhow. How has Ango showed that he was a VC and Dokubo is an ex-militant? Because even graduates are certified worthy in learning and character, is the sort of character portrayed by Ango an exemplary one?
VC, you just spoke like one of those women released and your professorship should be beclouded with doubts. Smh