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MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by bilymuse: 12:01pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
[size=15pt]MEND declares ceasefire in Niger Delta[/size]source: http://www.guardiannewsngr.com/news/article03//indexn2_html?pdate=220908&ptitle=MEND%20declares%20ceasefire%20in%20Niger%20Delta http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=123173 |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by Nobody: 12:17pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
e be like say mend bullet don finish Make Army go on the offensive, make them use this opportunity wey dem don weaken mend to repossess mend weapon. Remember russia vs georgia? call for ceasefire in public and continue military action for hiding. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by DRANOEL(m): 2:28pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
how wouldnt MEND cease fire with the number of casualties they suffered(believe me i know). |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by agaba123(m): 3:54pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
DRANOEL:Tell me more |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by Ibime(m): 4:03pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
JTF spokesperson, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa, described MEND's gesture as good for the militants, the Niger Delta region, the nation and the international community. He explained that the military was disposed to the amicable resolution of the crisis in the region and would continue to monitor situation on ground to ascertain that MEND was genuine. According to him: "At the JTF level, we will continue to carefully and firmly monitor the situation, exercise limited level of restraint until MEND's new position is seen to have been actualised. We are open to the amicable resolution of this in-house crisis, hoping it is not going to be another tactical deception, which we are used to and are already prepared to contain." It seems like JTF are happy to have the ceasefire. . . .they must have suffered as well despite claims to the contrary. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by femzy(m): 4:18pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
one day we would see THE END to all these cartoon shaaa |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by opokonwa(m): 4:19pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
Both sides have probably suffered casualties. But it seems to me like MEND have suffered more than the JTF. Na person wey suffer pass na im dey first call for Cease Fire. MEND are buying time to re-strategize and recover from the beating they've probably taken from the JTF. And are lacing their 'beating' with tough words. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by McKren(m): 4:28pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
not exactly sure what Ibime wants to hear from JTF. Am not sure it makes sense for 21st century Nigerian Army to celebrate killing any Nigerian, so no matter what success JTF records in the Niger-Delta they can only give a measured response. These guys were trained to protect our territorial integrity so if they ever get to come against any group of Nigerians, they just have to regret it cos its a no win situation for Nigeria as a whole. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by agaba123(m): 4:52pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
McKren:goodman |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by chessguru(m): 4:57pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
@ post From a nations point of view, a situation like this should not be dealt with with kid's gloves, Dialogue is good as some people try to canvass, but that wont solve the problem without some form of very tough military control, as most of the militants are more of criminals now than freedom fighters, it is no news that is now some form of business, THE SOLUTION FROM MY CHESS ' the ancient game of tactics wisdom' is that, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHOULD EXERT ALL MILITARY FORCE, AND DECLARE AN OPERATION WITH OWN CODE NAME, DEPLORE ITS FULL MILITARY MIGHT , FULL SCALE AND COMB EVERY CORNER OF THE CREEK, ALL THE MILITANTS BASE WHICH I BELIEVE THEY KNOW, DISARM ALL OF THEM AND WEAKEN IF NOT TOTALLY SEEK AND DESTROY using fire spitting jets air raids and full scale war if neccessary, OPERATION CRUSH THE MILITANTS TOTALLY, AFTER THAT stage 2 HAVING DONE THIS, THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD THEN SETTLE FOR DIALOGUE NOT WITH MILITANTS NOW BUT WITH PROPER REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITIES, AND CREATE A PROPER ROAD MAP TO DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE NIGER DELTA AREA, IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE, poverty reduction and giving the entire region what they deserve, if the force does not come before the olive branch, the many groups will only become more criminal at the end and there will be no solution!! |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by ohije(m): 5:01pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
That was a very lovely and unbiased contribution there. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by ukukaegbu(m): 5:07pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
What type of victory is MEND claiming? Is it normal victory or victory due to the fact that they were able to blow up pipelines? If they can actually achieve normal victory over the JTF, then there is serious problem in Nigeria. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by BUSHFELLOW(m): 5:19pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
You have to understand that MEND is not the problem but rather the elite of the region who has failed in their responsibilities to provide the basic amenities for people why on the seat of power. At least we have had pas NDDC chair man and NNPC director to be from the region. The past governor what did they do with the funds allocated to them. Sometimes we all blame mend but i don’t for one reason what was the government doing before it degenerated to this state. is like your child at home you fail to give him food and every day he cries for it on day he won’t he will seek another means to get the food even if you will beat him he doesn’t care as long as he gets back to you. Niger delta situation is accumulative anger from time till date. After the killings of ogoni nine why didn’t the government move in to do something about it then? They fail to do so now it has degenerated to something else and everybody is blaming the youth there. If this people should cease fire today and government take over control wiping out the militant believe with the same corrupt leader on the seat of power the people won’t get anything. The situation will continue what we need is for every state to control their resources in the real state of federalism not what we have now. if this is done then if mend or any youth organisation want to kill their leaders for not providing for them then it is up to that state and its people, not one region holding the full nation to ransom because some greedy leaders won’t say the truth and do what is right at the right time. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by tkb417(m): 5:23pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
why should JTF respect ceasefire? chei!!! They should just employ me to lead the army for a week. I'll carry the remaining soldiers in the south, north, west and east to the Niger Delta to kill them finish. what nonsence!! Let them continue killing them cease fire ko, increase fire. awon mad people |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by chessguru(m): 5:33pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
chessguru:the federal government need not give them[b] (the elders/elite[/b])cash or allow them have access to the funds before developing the region, there are ways to enforce development if they want to, they will. there are ways to sideline the bad trend since we now know, |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by BUSHFELLOW(m): 5:42pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
tkb417: We not at any civil war. they are only aggrieve youth. where are you from ota because it is only ota citizen that reason that way. like they did in odi |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by tkb417(m): 6:00pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
Amingo sharrap der who says we are not at civil war? Those guys have been killing people since day one. Ok , tell me what an aggrieved youth will be doing with guns? Do they wanna use the guns to kill fowls and cattles? NO, humans of course They have declared war the day they started der rubbish fight In a way, i feel for the Niger Delta people I am one of those who support the 40% derivation but will never support what the militants are doing. as it is now, if that region is given the 40%, most of it will be used in buying guns. Let them be cleared and let fresh breeze blow |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by Topsido(m): 6:11pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
CEASE wetin? COWARDS! Let the war continue and lets see if any yeye militant will remain in the creeks, Nonsense! |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by bastrin(f): 6:15pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
the truth is dat if u kill dem some pple willl learn shrp shrp |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by tintin3: 6:17pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
Believe me or not, the problem of the Niger Delta is the so-called elders and leaders of the region. They tend to push people (not their siblings sha) to do the movement which I believe is selfish.They collect resources and tend to say they are trying hard to develop the region or help the people who are dis-advanted but they just pocket them.If the FG want sto develop the region forget all these so called elders or leaders and use direct form of development which can be achieved. For the militant ceasing fire, the question to be asked is can an a fly kill an elephant? (Can MEND fight the FG and win,I doubt) Just ave a look these links. http://elendureports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=685&Itemid=1 http://elendureports.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=691&Itemid=1 |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by bastrin(f): 6:24pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
She d fools think de can fight d military let dem continue lets see hw far de can still go with dia unxperinced soldiers, limited evrything plus no commad n control. Infact JTF should crush dem to ashes. How I wish to be d JTF commander. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by BUSHFELLOW(m): 6:30pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
tkb417: My barunda reason my observation |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by BUSHFELLOW(m): 6:36pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
as it is now, if that region is given the 40%, most of it will be used in buying guns.not just the militant both the like of Odili Ibori and rest who started the finacing of these group for political gains |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by tkb417(m): 6:55pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
My barunda reason my observationSM i dey reason ur observation but those twerps need to be weeded out not just the militant both the like of Odili Ibori and rest who started the finacing of these group for political gainsure very correct. The reason why der is so much animosity in the land is cos the elders in the land have syphoned all that were initially allocated to the land Ompadec, nddc, ndic are all failed projects. None of those bodies ever performed to the level expected of them. They were just conduit pipes in which funds were diverted to some funny uses. In as much as the Government of NGR isnt doing much to ameliorate the situations in the Niger Delta, the little that was done wouldnt be evident cos all the community leaders are rogues!!! |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by BUSHFELLOW(m): 7:03pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
tkb417: Amingo you reason well |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by Corosive(m): 7:26pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
I think its this cease fire that always give them time to reorganise after a major assault by the military. Believe me when I say they would come roaring again in a couple of months |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by DRANOEL(m): 7:33pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
i recommend JTF continues the assualt,these rogues want development but are not giving room for it. if its possible i recommend the full weight of the military on them(much more than what happened in odi and zaki biam). cease fire ke? let them continue,are they not the ones always running to the press to claim they have the upper hand/ |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by bastrin(f): 7:35pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
Corosive: I support u. DRANOEL: You r correct. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by javarules(m): 7:47pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
In the art of war, one very good point to know is how to deal with the enemy. The same principle is supported in the Laws of Power, the principle is simple: Destroy The Enemy Totally. In this case, the question is who is the enemy. Yes MEND, but wait before you conclude. Have you been to Abuja, the nation's capital and been to Bayelsa State. Can you compare kaduna, kano and Sokoto states to Delta, Rivers and Bayelsa states. These guys have been negleted for so long. They have been pushed to the wall. Even a goat will turn back at you when it gets to the wall. The JTF, no I don't still agree with you. For all you care, there is a soldier in the JTF whose brother is a MEND. For all you care, there are soldiers here who are in this war only because they don't have any other means of feeding their family. So who is the enemy, who should be detroyed totally, I'll tell you The Senator who earns millions for doing almost nothing and still is greedy enough to embezle the money for his constituency. The Minister who prefers to keep the money in his bank account than build one, just one good school The Governor who rather builds castles in UK than provide for his fellow countryman The Elder who keeps quite because of a meager 1million naira, when 200million should have been given to his people The Local Government Chairman, who wears a 2million naira wrist watch, at the expense of his subordinates These people are the real enemy, not MEND, not JTF. Now they want to see to the crisis, it could have been avoided, lives could have been saved. If you watch the movie The Rock(Nicholas Cage & Sean Connery), The president's speech before he authorised Alcatraz to be melted down is true here also They didnt listen when it matters. They brought these upon us and the thousands of innocent souls that have been lost The JTF have done right. Even if they are winning, who are they winning against? |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by Nobody: 7:53pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
exactly!!! Make JTF accept the ceasefire in public But continue their assault on all militant position. We have just one army and that army must triumph |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by bastrin(f): 8:15pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
The Bastards are only lookin for tym to reorg. |
Re: MEND Declares Ceasefire In Niger Delta by bilymuse: 8:21pm On Sep 22, 2008 |
Both sides seems to have suffered losses, with mend on the receiving end. For every militant killed, 10 are ready to take his place. The readiness of the army to accept the cease fire suggest battle weariness, its a lose-lose situation I dont think the use of force can settle the Niger Delta problem. There are thousands of kilometres of pipeline spread all over the area with several installations, no army in the world can protect it. Any mad man can just walk into the bush and blow up the pipeline. Somehow you need to engage the people and find a political solution. The USA employs the same strategy in Iraq |
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