By JEAN HERSKOVITS
Published: January 02, 2012 GOVERNMENTS and newspapers around the world attributed the horrific
Christmas Day bombings of churches in Nigeria to "Boko Haram" - a
shadowy group that is routinely described as an extremist Islamist
organization based in the northeast corner of Nigeria. Indeed, since the
May inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the
Niger Delta in the country's south, Boko Haram has been blamed for virtually every outbreak of violence in Nigeria. But the news media and American policy makers are chasing an elusive and
ill-defined threat; there is no proof that a well-organized, ideologically
coherent terrorist group called Boko Haram even exists today. Evidence
suggests instead that, while the original core of the group remains active,
criminal gangs have adopted the name Boko Haram to claim responsibility
for attacks when it suits them. The United States must not be drawn into a Nigerian "war on terror" -
rhetorical or real - that would make us appear biased toward a Christian
president. Getting involved in an escalating sectarian conflict that
threatens the country's unity could turn Nigerian Muslims against America
without addressing any of the underlying problems that are fueling
instability and sectarian strife in Nigeria. Since August, when Gen. Carter F. Ham, the commander of the United
States Africa Command, warned that Boko Haram had links to Al Qaeda
affiliates, the perceived threat has grown. Shortly after General Ham's
warning, the United Nations' headquarters in Abuja was bombed, and
simplistic explanations blaming Boko Haram for Nigeria's mounting
security crisis became routine. Someone who claims to be a spokesman for Boko Haram - with a name no one recognizes and whom no one has been
able to identify or meet with - has issued threats and statements claiming
responsibility for attacks. Remarkably, the Nigerian government and the
international news media have simply accepted what he says. In late November, a subcommittee of the House Committee on Homeland
Security issued a report with the provocative title: "Boko Haram:
Emerging Threat to the U.S. Homeland." The report makes no such case,
but nevertheless proposes that the organization be added to America's list
of foreign terrorist organizations. The State Department's Africa bureau
disagrees, but pressure from Congress and several government agencies is mounting. Boko Haram began in 2002 as a peaceful Islamic splinter group. Then
politicians began exploiting it for electoral purposes. But it was not until
2009 that Boko Haram turned to violence, especially after its leader, a
young Muslim cleric named Mohammed Yusuf, was killed while in police
custody. Video footage of Mr. Yusuf's interrogation soon went viral, but
no one was tried and punished for the crime. Seeking revenge, Boko Haram targeted the police, the military and local politicians - all of them
Muslims. It was clear in 2009, as it is now, that the root cause of violence and anger
in both the north and south of Nigeria is endemic poverty and
hopelessness. Influential Nigerians from Maiduguri, where Boko Haram is
centered, pleaded with Mr. Jonathan's government in June and July not to
respond to Boko Haram with force alone. Likewise, the American
ambassador, Terence P. McCulley, has emphasized, both privately and publicly, that the government must address socio-economic deprivation,
which is most severe in the north. No one seems to be listening. Instead, approximately 25 percent of Nigeria's budget for 2012 is
allocaated for security, even though the military and police routinely
respond to attacks with indiscriminate force and killing. Indeed, according
to many Nigerians I've talked to from the northeast, the army is more
feared than Boko Haram. Meanwhile, Boko Haram has evolved into a franchise that includes
criminal groups claiming its identity. Revealingly, Nigeria's State Security
Services issued a statement on Nov. 30, identifying members of four
"criminal syndicates" that send threatening text messages in the name of
Boko Haram. Southern Nigerians - not northern Muslims - ran three of
these four syndicates, including the one that led the American Embassy and other foreign missions to issue warnings that emptied Abuja's high-
end hotels. And last week, the security services arrested a Christian
southerner wearing northern Muslim garb as he set fire to a church in the
Niger Delta. In Nigeria, religious terrorism is not always what it seems. None of this excuses Boko Haram's killing of innocents. But it does raise
questions about a rush to judgment that obscures Nigeria's complex
reality. Many Nigerians already believe that the United States unconditionally
supports Mr. Jonathan's government, despite its failings. They believe this
because Washington praised the April elections that international
observers found credible, but that many Nigerians, especially in the north,
did not. Likewise, Washington's financial support for Nigeria's security
forces, despite their documented human rights abuses, further inflames Muslim Nigerians in the north. Mr. Jonathan's recent actions have not helped matters. He told Nigerians
last week, "The issue of bombing is one of the burdens we must live with."
On New Year's Eve, he declared a state of emergency in parts of four
northern states, leading to increased military activity there. And on New
Year's Day, he removed a subsidy on petroleum products, more than
doubling the price of fuel. In a country where 90 percent of the population lives on $2 or less a day, anger is rising nationwide as the costs of
transport and food increase dramatically. Since Nigeria's return to civilian rule in 1999, many politicians have used
ethnic and regional differences and, most disastrously, religion for their
own purposes. Northern Muslims - indeed, all Nigerians - are desperate
for a government that responds to their most basic needs: personal
security and hope for improvement in their lives. They are outraged over
government policies and expenditures that undermine both. The United States should not allow itself to be drawn into this quicksand
by focusing on Boko Haram alone. Washington is already seen by many
northern Muslims - including a large number of longtime admirers of
America - as biased toward a Christian president from the south. The
United States must work to avoid a self-fulfilling prophecy that makes us
into their enemy. Placing Boko Haram on the foreign terrorist list would cement such views and make more Nigerians fear and distrust America. Jean Herskovits, a professor of history at the State University of New
York, Purchase, has written on Nigerian politics since 1970.

And the buffoon of a president will be chopping 1billion worth of food this year,
SMH.

ogbeche77:

By JEAN HERSKOVITS
Published: January 02, 2012

GOVERNMENTS and newspapers around the world attributed the horrific Christmas Day bombings of churches in Nigeria to "Boko Haram" - a shadowy group that is routinely described as an extremist Islamist organization based in the northeast corner of Nigeria. Indeed, since the May inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the Niger Delta in the country's south, Boko Haram has been blamed for virtually every outbreak of violence in Nigeria. But the news media and American policy makers are chasing an elusive and ill-defined threat; there is no proof that a well-organized, ideologically coherent terrorist group called Boko Haram even exists today. Evidence suggests instead that, while the original core of the group remains active, criminal gangs have adopted the name Boko Haram to claim responsibility for attacks when it suits them.

The United States must not be drawn into a Nigerian "war on terror" - rhetorical or real - that would make us appear biased toward a Christian president. Getting involved in an escalating sectarian conflict that threatens the country's unity could turn Nigerian Muslims against America without addressing any of the underlying problems that are fueling instability and sectarian strife in Nigeria.

Since August, when Gen. Carter F. Ham, the commander of the United States Africa Command, warned that Boko Haram had links to Al Qaeda affiliates, the perceived threat has grown. Shortly after General Ham's warning, the United Nations' headquarters in Abuja was bombed, and simplistic explanations blaming Boko Haram for Nigeria's mounting security crisis became routine. Someone who claims to be a spokesman for Boko Haram - with a name no one recognizes and whom no one has been able to identify or meet with - has issued threats and statements claiming responsibility for attacks. Remarkably, the Nigerian government and the international news media have simply accepted what he says. In late November, a subcommittee of the House Committee on Homeland Security issued a report with the provocative title: "Boko Haram: Emerging Threat to the U.S. Homeland." The report makes no such case, but nevertheless proposes that the organization be added to America's list of foreign terrorist organizations. The State Department's Africa bureau disagrees, but pressure from Congress and several government agencies is mounting.

Boko Haram began in 2002 as a peaceful Islamic splinter group. Then politicians began exploiting it for electoral purposes. But it was not until 2009 that Boko Haram turned to violence, especially after its leader, a young Muslim cleric named Mohammed Yusuf, was killed while in police custody. Video footage of Mr. Yusuf's interrogation soon went viral, but no one was tried and punished for the crime. Seeking revenge, Boko Haram targeted the police, the military and local politicians - all of them Muslims.

It was clear in 2009, as it is now, that the root cause of violence and anger in both the north and south of Nigeria is endemic poverty and hopelessness. Influential Nigerians from Maiduguri, where Boko Haram is centered, pleaded with Mr. Jonathan's government in June and July not to respond to Boko Haram with force alone. Likewise, the American ambassador, Terence P. McCulley, has emphasized, both privately and publicly, that the government must address socio-economic deprivation, which is most severe in the north. No one seems to be listening. Instead, approximately 25 percent of Nigeria's budget for 2012 is allocaated for security, even though the military and police routinely respond to attacks with indiscriminate force and killing. Indeed, according to many Nigerians I've talked to from the northeast, the army is more feared than Boko Haram.

Meanwhile, Boko Haram has evolved into a franchise that includes criminal groups claiming its identity. Revealingly, Nigeria's State Security Services issued a statement on Nov. 30, identifying members of four "criminal syndicates" that send threatening text messages in the name of Boko Haram. Southern Nigerians - not northern Muslims - ran three of these four syndicates, including the one that led the American Embassy and other foreign missions to issue warnings that emptied Abuja's high- end hotels. And last week, the security services arrested a Christian southerner wearing northern Muslim garb as he set fire to a church in the Niger Delta.

In Nigeria, religious terrorism is not always what it seems. None of this excuses Boko Haram's killing of innocents. But it does raise questions about a rush to judgment that obscures Nigeria's complex reality. Many Nigerians already believe that the United States unconditionally supports Mr. Jonathan's government, despite its failings. They believe this because Washington praised the April elections that international observers found credible, but that many Nigerians, especially in the north, did not. Likewise, Washington's financial support for Nigeria's security forces, despite their documented human rights abuses, further inflames Muslim Nigerians in the north. Mr. Jonathan's recent actions have not helped matters. He told Nigerians last week, "The issue of bombing is one of the burdens we must live with."

On New Year's Eve, he declared a state of emergency in parts of four northern states, leading to increased military activity there. And on New Year's Day, he removed a subsidy on petroleum products, more than doubling the price of fuel. In a country where 90 percent of the population lives on $2 or less a day, anger is rising nationwide as the costs of transport and food increase dramatically.

Since Nigeria's return to civilian rule in 1999, many politicians have used ethnic and regional differences and, most disastrously, religion for their own purposes. Northern Muslims - indeed, all Nigerians - are desperate for a government that responds to their most basic needs: personal security and hope for improvement in their lives. They are outraged over government policies and expenditures that undermine both. The United States should not allow itself to be drawn into this quicksand by focusing on Boko Haram alone. Washington is already seen by many northern Muslims - including a large number of longtime admirers of America - as biased toward a Christian president from the south. The United States must work to avoid a self-fulfilling prophecy that makes us into their enemy. Placing Boko Haram on the foreign terrorist list would cement such views and make more Nigerians fear and distrust America. Jean Herskovits, a professor of history at the State University of New York, Purchase, has written on Nigerian politics since 1970.

Thank God this is coming from a "neutral person". If an American can so sincerely, I am ashamed of my fellow compatriots that allowed ethnicity and religious bigotry to cloud their sense of reasoning. However, B4 I make further comments, OP, kindly provide the source.

Sane minds know GEJ started this bombings out of desperation to win election. Now, it has gotten out of control.

Who remembers him defending Henry Okah? "MEND did not bomb, I know who did"--GEJ. Meanwhile, Intelligence Agencies everywhere talk say na MEND! Even MEND talk say "Na we do am!!!" yet GEJ absolved them: "Na lie no be dem, I talk say I know who do am!". Till today Henry Okah is languishing in a South African Prison on terrorism charges.

Next it was, "Na Dokpesi do am". Then "IBB had something to do with it".

Nigerians don't tell me you've forgotten that some people transporting bombs had their hands and torsos blown off on their way to their destination. . . they were alive. . . how come we never heard of the case again?

Then the U.N Office bombing; they sold you guys all guys of lies, put all kinds of funny "wanted" pictures on the Air and y'all bought it hook,line , and sinker. What happened to the arrested suspects?

What happened to the Iranians that were arrested for importing bomb making devices into Nigeria?!


Have you all forgotten so easily? Are your memories that short? Why don't you guys ask the relevant questions?!

Before GEJ what was "Bombing in Nigeria"?!? Why do you think he's always unperturbed when bombs go off?! GEJ was the orchestrator of a few of those incidents, now others have grabbed a cue and are using BOKO HARAM as an excuse. GEJ Knows this, insiders know this, Intelligence knows this but how can he reveal all of this without revealing himself as a Super-Liar?

GEJ has to go, his desperation knows no bounds!!! I'm pretty sure you haven't forgotten his first Proposed Bill to the Senate immediately he became Presido! This is a bushman that is fu*c&king power drunk and will do anything to sit-tight even when he knows he doesn't deserve the throne. Nigeria, open your eyes!!!!

kingoflag:

Sane minds know GEJ started this bombings out of desperation to win election. Now, it has gotten out of control.

What a daft comment.!!!!

Common engage your brain, Boko Haram is a real threat, I understand you have some sympathy for their cause albeit, GEJ has had no hand in the mayhem of intermittent bombings and killings in the North.

Who remembers him defending Henry Okah? "MEND did not bomb, I know who did"--GEJ. Meanwhile, Intelligence Agencies everywhere talk say na MEND! Even MEND talk say "Na we do am!!!" yet GEJ absolved them: "Na lie no be dem, I talk say I know who do am!". Till today Henry Okah is languishing in a South African Prison on terrorism charges.

Even kindergarten kids knew that MEND was responsible for that bomb ,and unlike your suicidal ideologues, they gave a warning minutes before the blast.

I cannot bear to read the rest of the nonsense and hogwash you posted here which is meant for the gullible.

BOKO HARAM remains a dangerously existential threat to the unity of the country and the sooner they and their political god fathers are rooted out and punished , the better.

I wait for your next propaganda !!

frosbel:


What a daft comment.!!!!

Common engage your brain, Boko Haram is a real threat, I understand you have some sympathy for their cause  albeit, GEJ has had no hand in the mayhem of intermittent bombings and killings in the North.


Even kindergarten kids knew that MEND was responsible for that bomb ,and unlike your suicidal ideologues, they gave a warning minutes before the blast.

I cannot bear to read the rest of the nonsense and hogwash you posted here which is meant for the gullible.

BOKO HARAM remains a dangerously existential threat to the unity of the country and the sooner they and their political god fathers are rooted out and punished , the better.

I wait for your next propaganda !!

First off, it will clearly be a waste of time trying to engage you---A SPEAKING DONKEY---in any type of debate: YOURE A LOST CAUSE!!! A product of the failed system that produced the likes of Mr.Phd Jonasatan! Ol boy, u go gree, sebi you wan war, abi? Oya, lets go.

Below, I will Cyber-Slap into the year 2043 with your own words and that of the dolt you are defending you mo*ron. . . . . imb*ecile oshi!!!!

This is what the olodo named Frosbel said below:

frosbel:

Even kindergarten kids knew that MEND was responsible for that bomb

This is what Jonasatan said below. Are you calling your Oga a liar?!

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Jonathan says MEND not responsible for Abuja attacks

NAN
October 3, 2010 02:50PM



President Goodluck Jonathan has said that terrorists were responsible for the bomb blasts that rocked Abuja yesterday contrary to claims that the act was perpetrated by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).

Mr. Jonathan made the claim in his opening address at the colloquium, organised today in Abuja by the ECOWAS Parliament, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of some African countries.

``What happened yesterday was a terrorist act and MEND was just used as a straw; MEND is not a terrorist group," the President said.

``The Niger Delta people are aware of the government's noble efforts to assuage the suffering and deprivation in that region.

``I am from the Niger Delta, my father's house is few metres from an oil-well, so nobody can claimto be a Niger Deltan than myself."

MEND, yesterday, claimed responsibility for the attacks. A few minutes before the blasts, the group sent an email to journalists and media companies warning of the impending violence.

"With due respect to all invited guests, dignitaries and attendees of the 50th independence anniversary of Nigeria being held today, Friday, October 1, 2010 at the Eagle Square Abuja, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is asking everyone to begin immediate evacuation of the entire area within the next 30 minutes. This warning expires after 10.30Hrs," MEND spokesperson Jomo Gbomo said in the mail.

However, Mr. Jonathan has said this was a diversionary tact by the real perpetrators of the crime. [b]He argued that no Niger Delta group would carry out such an act [/b]as it would affect the region's chance for development.

``It is erroneous to think that my people who have been agitating for good living will deliberately blow up the opportunity they have now,'' Mr. Jonathan said.

He also said the country's security agencies will be restructured to become proactive to guarantee the safety of lives and property.

``I pray for the souls of those who died to attain peace and fervently pray for those who sustain injuries in the blast to be healed,'' he said.

http://234next.com/csp/cms/sites/Next/Home/5626087-146/jonathan_says_mend_not_responsible_for.csp

@kingoflag
Which drug are you on? Seems the high lasts a long time.

This is for GEJ the Saint's Apologists. Not all of us are dolts o! Some of us can still read between the lines.


Government asked me to implicate North, says Okah



Henry Okah, the detained[b] leader of the Motion for the Emancipation with the Niger Delta (MEND)[/b] yesterday [b]accused aides of President Goodluck Jonathan of trying to falsely persuade him to blame the Independence Day bombing in Abuja on northern politicians.[/b]The MEND leader created this allegation Tuesday in an interview with Al Jazeera, the United Arab Emirates-based television station, conducted by telephone from the South African prison where he is being held on terrorism costs. He mentioned that a “close aide” with the president had prevailed on him to urge the militant group to withdraw its claim that it was accountable for the bombings in which 16 people were killed and a number of other people injured. “On Saturday morning, just a day following the attack, a extremely close associate of President Jonathan known as me and explained to me that there had been a bombing in Nigeria and that President Jonathan needed me to reach out towards the group, MEND, and get them to retract the earlier assertion they had issued claiming the attacks.”

According to him, “They wanted to blame the attacks on northerners who are attempting to fight against him [Jonathan] to come back as president and if this was done, I was not going to have any problems with the South African government.”

Mr. Okah alleged that despite the promised reprieve, “I declined to complete this and a few hours later I was arrested. It was primarily based on their belief that I was going to complete that that Jonathan issued a statement saying that MEND did not carry out the attack.”

The presidency moved quickly to deny the politically damaging and potentially incriminating allegation, saying it was all made up by the militant leader. “This of course is an outright lie, and we challenge Okah to name the President’s aide that spoke to him on the subject. There's an ongoing investigation on Okah’s alleged involvement within the bombings in Nigeria. In South Africa, he has already been charged to court. He ought to face the costs, and stop making frivolous claims,” presidential spokesman Ima Niboro mentioned in a assertion.

He asked Mr. Okah to name the aide who spoke to him. “There is no question that Okah is a drowning man determined to pull others down with him, and there is hardly any purpose to be served by joining issues with an accused mass murderer. Okah is a man who has been known to say 1 thing and do an additional, and we aren't at all surprised by his diversionary rhetoric.”

The allegation, which is particular to generate controversy, is lent some credence by Mr. Jonathan’s assertion shortly following the blasts that MEND was not responsible for the dastardly act. He had said the bomb blasts had been the work of a terrorist group hiding beneath the umbrella of the movement.

Mr. Jonathan had[b] said[/b], “We have contacted other members of MEND and they say they know nothing about it. Anybody that hides beneath the umbrella of MEND to carry out those acts will probably be exposed.” It's however[b] unclear how the president came to this conclusion because at the time he cleared the group of responsibility investigations by security agencies had been still ongoing.
[/b]
The president’s assertion also ran contrary to that with the group which claimed it was responsible and blamed the loss of lives on safety agents. It said, ‘‘The irresponsible attitude with the government safety forces would be to blame for the loss of lives. They had been given five days prior notice which led to the harassment of Henry Okah on Thursday (September 30) in South Africa.’’


http://www.businesstoday-eg.com/economy-policies/africa/government-asked-me-to-implicate-north-says-okah.html

Johndoe100:

@kingoflag
Which drug are you on? Seems the high lasts a long time.

Another palm wine drinking mumu has jumped in the ring. Dude, wait your turn, be patient, theres more than enough slaps to go around. Calm down and relax make I tear your bros into pieces first!

Dokpesi Arrested Over Bomb Blasts 

Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the Chairman of DAAR Communications who also doubles as the Director General of General Ibrahim Babangida Campaign Organisation may have been arrested by the State Security Services, SSS.

Dokpesi Arrested Over Bomb Blasts

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Chief Raymond Dokpesi, Chairman, DAAR Communications.

It was gathered that Dokpesi was invited by the State Security Services, SSS to appear at its Abuja office for questioning yesterday.
The media mogul, it was gathered had gone to honour the invitation around 10 am today. But according to a statement issued this evening by the IBB Campaign Organisation, he has not returned since then.
Calls to all his mobile phones are also not going through, while a delegation from the IBB Campaign organisation who went to check him were denied acess to him, Senator Kanti Bello, Deputy DG, IBB Campaign Organisation said this evening.
PM NEWS however gathered that the DAAR Communications chairman may have been arrested over last October 1 bomb blasts in Abuja. Sources told this magazine that
Dokpesi was allegedly sighted in South Africa last week and his arrest may be related to his journey to the former apartheid enclave.
The arrest of Dokpesi will also fit into claims by President Jonathan that last Friday’s bomb blast was master minded by a small terrorist group based outside the country, but sponsored by elements in Nigeria.
Henry Okah, the leader of Movement for Emancipation of Niger Delta has been arrested and arraigned in court over the bomb blasts by the South African police.
It was not yet clear if Dokpesi met with the MEND leader who have been living in South Africa during his trip to the former apartheid enclave.


http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2010/10/04/dokpesi-arrested-over-bomb-blasts/

Somehow, the voice of these Northerners seems to be more influential with the western world than I'd previously thought.

I don't see how an Islamic terrorist organization with connections to Al Queda is somehow "not the problem."

Alas.

MEND TALK SAY:"YO, Na we drop dem bizzombs, yo"

GEJ: "Na lie, MEND  is not a terrorisers. Dey will nefa bomb. I know them. They live behind my fadas compound and my Papa compound has plenty oyel. MEND is made up of Catholic school boys. . . NA DOKPESI DO AM"

DOKPESI: "Ye Mo gbe! Chineke! Olorun Oba o"

ekt_bear:

Somehow, the voice of these Northerners seems to be more influential with the western world than I'd previously thought.

I don't see how an Islamic terrorist organization with connections to Al Queda is somehow "not the problem."

Alas.

IF You knew about the fakeness of Al Qaeda you would see it could be possible. Or maybe you are in America where they dumb down people with fluoridated water  

[size=14pt]Al Qaeda Leader Dined at the Pentagon Just Months After 9/11[/size]

Anwar Al-Awlaki may be the first American on the CIA's kill or capture list, but he was also a lunch guest of military brass at the Pentagon within months of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, Fox News has learned.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/10/20/al-qaeda-terror-leader-dined-pentagon-months/

Remember how quick they said it was Al-Qaeda with fully intact passports at crash scene?

ekt_bear:

Somehow, the voice of these Northerners seems to be more influential with the western world than I'd previously thought.

I don't see how an Islamic terrorist organization with connections to Al Queda is somehow "not the problem."

Alas.

Ol boi, just watch action film way go commence within the next 90 days. Se bi Africans are so mentally lazy that they hate to task their brains to read between the lines and "foresee" "probabilities"; they'll learn from GEJ's experience.

They West gave him a rope to hang himself and he gleefully did it! It was cool when they told him to drop bombs as a means of influencing Public opinion, all he saw was the billions in bribes that he stood to earn. He think say the forage into Africa ended in Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt?! He's about to learn the true meaning of OYEL Curse. lmao

Now the next stage is set: SET THE PEOPLE AGAINST HIM; let his own people finish him off. What a mor*on! Dude has so much blood on his hands its sickening. Sha, make I continue my tori.

@kingoflag

Excellent find  

People that suck Western c0ck make me laugh. Western countries dont care about their own citizens let alone Nigerian ones.

Nadanbata:

@kingoflag

Excellent find  

Thanx. But chill make I continue my story. Do not derail.

Besides, theres an Al Qaeda and theres a Boko Haram and they are both very dangerous, evil extremists. But, as for the latter, the Nigerian Govt started the bombs and used "Boko Haram" to scare the populace silly.

Ok, please make I continue in peace.

So, anyways sha, due to the super-diligence which Nigerian Intelligence Forces are known for, they swooped in and in true Super-Spy Fashion they rounded up all the "bas*tards" involved in the bombing including the Head Honcho: Chief Raymond Dokpesi.



By Daniel Idonor& Henry Umoru

ABUJA—BARELY 24
hours after President Goodluck Jonathan announced that the nation’s security agencies were closing in on sponsors of Friday’s bombings in parts of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, that almost marred the Nigeria’s Golden Jubilee celebrations, the Director of IBB Campaign Organization, Chief Raymond Dokpesi was, yesterday, arrested by the State Security Service, SSS, in connection with the blasts.



Investigations by Vanguard revealed that Dokpesi was picked up following a revealing Short Message Service, SMS, text message sent to the Smartphone of one of the suspects in police custody, asking “if Dokpesi has paid the balance,” and another SMS “inviting another suspect to a meeting at IBB Campaign office.”

Top security sources said that Dokpesi was being detained for interrogation by the security agencies, following “a text message found in the phone of one of the arrested suspects. The text message reads: “Have you collected the balance from Dokpesi?”

The source added: “This was said to have sent alarm signals across the nation’s security apparatus, since the suspect concerned is considered to be neck deep in the bombing plot.”

Vanguard further learnt that another text massage, said to be more dramatic, was allegedly sent to the phone of another suspect in custody which reads: “Let’s meet at IBB campaign office,” thereby leading to what security operatives referred to as “a high tech sting operation which in a matter of hours, has netted a wider ring of suspects.”

It was also gathered that a suspect who never knew he was already under surveillance confided in a friend that “na we do am…, meet me make I brief u”, and he is currently confessing more details to the security agencies.

More worrisome, Vanguard was told, was the confession of another suspect who alleged that “in the last two weeks he bought a brand new Muraino SUV from funds received from Dokpesi.”

Part of the confession, according to our source, includes an alleged directive from Mr. Henry Okah that they should destabilise the government since Jonathan “was not ready to put serious money on the table.”

IBB calls for immediate release

Following the arrest of the Director-General, IBB 2011 Campaign Organization, Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi by men of the State Security Service, SSS, former Military President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida warned that the security operatives should not allow themselves to be used and called for his immediate release

A statement signed by the Deputy Director General, IBB 2011 Campaign Organization, Senator Mahmud Kanti, called for his immediate release, just as he drew attention of the international community to what he described as “the growing politics of intolerance, intimidation, coercion, persecution and harassment in spite of the avowed commitment to the rule of law by the present administration.”

The statement said: “We call on the security agencies of the country not to allow themselves to be used as tools to settle political scores particularly on simple intra_party contest. The IBB 2011 Campaign Örganisation hereby condemns in the strongest terms the detention of its Director General and calls for his immediate release.

It said: “The Director General of the IBB 2011 Presidential Campaign Organization, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi was invited Sunday, October 3, 2010 by the State Security Services, SSS, to report to their headquarters by 11.00 a.m Monday, October 4, 2010. As a law abiding citizen, he promptly complied and reported to the State Security Services headquarters by 10.00 a.m this morning (yesterday) as directed.

“Between 11.00a.m and 5.00 p.m this evening Monday, October 4, 2010, all telephone calls placed to him were unanswered. The Campaign Organization dispatched a high powered delegation comprising four directors of the Campaign Organization and his personal lawyer to enquire as to his whereabouts.

“The delegation was denied access to High Chief Dr. Raymond Dokpesi and had to return to the Campaign office at about 6.50pm. No reason has been given whatsoever by the State Security Services for his invitation, and detention, neither is his whereabouts known

“As at the time of writing this statement (7.50pm), High Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been denied access by the SSS to his family, personal physician, lawyers, and the campaign organization. As we write, his family is worried, and deeply concerned for his safety, health and his well being.”

“In addition, his fundamental human rights as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, are being violated. High Chief Raymond Dokpesi, is a well respected and patriotic Nigerian who has continued to contribute selflessly to the growth, development and stability of the Nigerian nation.

Meanwhile, the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Mr. Timi Alaibe insisted, yesterday, that the Golden Jubilee bombing of Abuja was Henry Okah’s personal agenda, that did not represent a struggle for Niger Delta by the Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta, MEND.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/10/sss-drills-dokpesi-ibb-campaign-dg/

So, now:

MEND, HENRY OKAH,SSS,FBI, SOUTH AFRICAN GOVT, GEJ, DOKPESI, IBB and the "Na we do am" Crew.

Cast is getting intriguing and confusing at the same time, huh?

Lmao. Yeah. . . cause that was their plan. Oya keep watching my show o!

So, make I rewind a little bit so you don't get too confused, I'll come back to this part. But, let me first show you how it all started.

Please, first, you have to remember that: BEFORE GEJ WE NEVER HAD OCCURRENCES OF NUMEROUS BOMBS GOING OFF WITHIN SUCH SHORT PERIODS IN THAT COUNTRY.

ALSO REMEMBER THAT,NOW, THE LIE GEJ IS PROPAGATING IS THAT THE BOMBS ARE BEING USED TO BOG DOWN HIS GOVERNMENT!!! Make I teach una how Govt uses diversionary methods to instill fear in its own populace. GEJ started it, awon boys don take am go another level. . . . .

TO SEE IF THE POPULACE WOULD FALL FOR THEIR TACTICS, FIRST, THEY HAD TO TEST THE WATERS. "Lets see how they'll react when we drop a bomb or two in so and so area, around so and so time, while targeting so and so group. Then lets say so and so did it and lets see how the public reacts".

THIS WAS ONE OF THE FIRST INCIDENTS. THIS IS HOW IT ALL STARTED.





Nigerian President Condemns Bomb Attack on Campaign Rally

Suleja : Nigeria | Mar 04, 2011 at 6:16 AM PST BY Success Uchime 



The Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has come out strongly to condemn the recent bomb attack during a political rally in Suleija in Niger State on Thursday March 3.
In a statement signed by the President’s Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr. Ima Niboro, President Jonathan strongly condemns as most deplorable, callous, cowardly and wicked, the attack which claimed some lives and injured several persons.
As a result of this incident, the President Dr. Jonathan has directed all national security agencies to step up intelligence and surveillance operations across the country to thwart any further attempts by enemies of democracy to unleash politically-motivated violence on innocent Nigerians.
He condoled the families of those who lost their lives in the dastardly attack and commiserates with all those who are currently receiving treatment for the injuries inflicted on them.
President Jonathan urged all Nigerians and lovers of democracy to remain strong and refuse to be cowed or intimidated by the actions of enemies of progress in the country who are behind the bomb attack at Suleija and general acts of criminal violence aimed at creating the impression that free, fair and violence-free elections are not possible in the country.
He assured all Nigerians that his Administration remains resolutely committed to ensuring that all eligible Nigerians have the opportunity to freely participate in the electoral process in safety.
He warned that Government will not shirk its responsibilities in this regard noting with satisfaction that a person suspected of involvement in the Suleija attack is already in custody and guarantees that Government will deal decisively with any persons found culpable for pre-electoral or electoral violence.

If you rewind a bit more sef you'll remember this one too. They kept testing the waters and playing with the psyche of the populace. . . .





Nigerian capital Abuja hit by barracks bomb



Victims of the explosion were taken to a morgue in the Nigerian capital

Several people have been killed by a bomb blast at a bar near a barracks in Nigeria's capital, Abuja.

Nigeria's president condemned the attack, blaming it on Islamists who claimed responsibility for a recent bombing in the north of the country.

The explosion happened in a market where soldiers and civilians often gather to eat and drink beer.

A police spokesman said four people had died, while military sources have told the BBC 11 people were killed.

In a statement issued by his spokesman, President Goodluck Jonathan called the attacks "evil" and "wicked".

"Basking in their nefarious success in Jos on Christmas Eve, they have once again knifed at the heartstrings of a nation decked out in gaiety, celebrating New Year's Eve," he said.

An Islamic sect known as Boko Haram said it had carried out the attack in Jos, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility for the Abuja bombing.

New year's revellers
State TV initially reported that 30 people were killed. But police spokesman Jimoh Moshood said four people had been killed - three men and one woman.

Witnesses have told the BBC they saw body parts lying on the ground and injured people being carried away after the blast.

"People ran in different directions. There were scores of bodies - dead and wounded. They used army trucks to pack them away," a market regular called Eric was quoted as telling Reuters news agency.

The area was sealed off.

Air Marshal Oluseyi Petiri said a bomb had been placed "where people were relaxing and generally being happy because of the New Year which is approaching".

He urged Nigerians to be vigilant following a recent spate of bomb attacks in a country where they had been almost unknown.

"Do not allow anybody to come and leave a bag, or any kind of object, especially when he is not there," he told state TV.

There have been bomb attacks in the capital and other cities in recent weeks:

On Wednesday, two blasts disrupted a political rally in the southern city of Yenagoa, wounding several people
Bomb attacks in the city of Jos, a flash-point between Nigerian Christians and Muslims, left 80 people dead over Christmas - an Islamist group said it was behind these attacks
In October, at least 12 people were killed in explosions in Abuja as the country celebrated 50 years since independence from the UK - this was blamed on oil militants
The market is near the Sani Abacha barracks, named after Nigeria's late military dictator, in Asokoro district, home to the presidential palace and said to be the city's most secure area.

Officially renamed the Mogadishu Cantonment, the barracks is still known by its old name.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12099176

ekt_bear:

Somehow, the voice of these Northerners seems to be more influential with the western world than I'd previously thought.

I don't see how an Islamic terrorist organization with connections to Al Queda is somehow "not the problem."

Alas.

I always thought that you were neutral. If this guy had blamed BH, would you have stopped to think hey, maybe he's not right?

But the writer does all the thinking for you and this is the comment you come up with! LHM!

kingoflag:

Ol boi, just watch action film way go commence within the next 90 days. Se bi Africans are so mentally lazy that they hate to task their brains to read between the lines and "foresee" "probabilities"; they'll learn from GEJ's experience.

They West gave him a rope to hang himself and he gleefully did it! It was cool when they told him to drop bombs as a means of influencing Public opinion, all he saw was the billions in bribes that he stood to earn. He think say the forage into Africa ended in Libya, Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt?! He's about to learn the true meaning of OYEL Curse. lmao

Now the next stage is set: SET THE PEOPLE AGAINST HIM; let his own people finish him off. What a mor*on! Dude has so much blood on his hands its sickening. Sha, make I continue my tori.

I dey enjoy the correct sequence o!
A beg nor be every body wey dey  America be like ekt (dude fall big time).
Many people dey use them brain well well like the article wey u post.

Absolutely correct!
Boko Haram is more sectarian than religious.
It is a criminal sect.
MEND OR MASSOP KINAPPERS were never tagged as Christians abi?
Good write up!

"Boko Haram" - a
shadowy group that is routinely described as an extremist Islamist
organization based in the northeast corner of Nigeria.

The best, most objective description I have ever come across. Only melodramatic Christian jihadist would want to see it as an Islamix movement, But then again. . .what do we expect? A persecutory illisions of grandeur! Eloi! Eloi!
Tsk!

Take a look at the bolded: NO BE TODAY DEM START TO DEY DEFEND MEND!!!



Nigeria: Warri bomb blast confirmed
Posted on Monday 15 March 2010 - 14:10
Kent Mensah, AfricaNews editor in Accra, Ghana



The bomb blast in the Warri city of the Delta State of Nigeria at a venue where an amnesty meeting was taking place has been officially confirmed. The Delta State commissioner for information, Oma Djebah, stated that the amnesty ceremony was been held for former rebel fighters.

Djebah claimed that the explosion went off in a car parked away from the venue. “Yes, there was an explosion about 200 meters away from the conference venue,” Djebah told NEXT.


It remains unclear if there were any casualties or injuries. The ceremony, a post-amnesty dialogue, organised by Vanguard Group of Newspapers, has however been put off until later in the day.


“The explosion happened while Sam Amuka-Pemu - the Vanguard Publisher - was giving his address after the chairman, Patrick Aziza, had given his opening remarks,” said a source who was at the conference.


However, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an e-mailed statement to journalists that it had planted three explosive devices in and around Delta State Government House in Warri to debunk the state governor’s claim about MEND.


“After receiving the baton of ignorance from his Bayelsa State counterpart, the governor of Delta State declared [/b]in the Vanguard newspaper of February 22, 2010 that “[b]the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) is a media creation,” the statement said and promised that it would detonate the first bomb remotely at 11:30 hours Nigerian time which it did.


Warri is a major oil city in Delta State, Nigeria, with a population of over a million people within the Warri metropolis. The people of Warri are mainly the Urhobos, Itsekiris, and Ijaws, but other ethnic groups also live within the city. Warri is predominantly Christian, as is most of Southern Nigeria.


http://www.africanews.com/site/Nigeria_Warri_bomb_blast_confirmed/list_messages/30591

somebody is sick here! so gej throw bomb on his campaign day! gosh!! you need some sleep.

@topic this article is the best thing ever read and no doubt there is no atom of lie in that article, To me its suprising that the north could be behind this and most of their attack on their own soil ??
what happen to the drones found at lagos?
what about the air sttory?
no matter what boko meant they cant attack UN just like that!  then y?
the church burnt seems for distraction
right now its confusing, some big boys behind this!  why? and who?

why dont we confront the country that keep sending some ammunition and the country that predicts something to us about 2015  ,   maybe they can help! they knew more than we do  

The Night before Paliamentary Elections dem bomb! Wetin Concern Boko Haram and ballot box?! But GEJ, a confirm mumu, know say una mumu pass am so, yeah, whatever. . . . .




INEC Office In Suleja Bombed  

The office of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Suleja, Niger State, Nigeria, has been bombed.

Sources told P.M.NEWS that the incident happened at about 6.30pm today and 8 people have died.

Among those who died are mostly Youth Corps members working as INEC ad hoc staff.

Soldiers and policemen are said to have cordoned off the area at the time of this report, though details were sketchy.

The bombing is taking place on the eve of the country’s parliamentary election which was postponed from Saturday 2 April to tomorrow 9


http://pmnewsnigeria.com/2011/04/08/inec-office-in-suleja-bombed/

Toaskarity:

somebody is sick here! so gej throw bomb on his campaign day! gosh!! you need some sleep.

@topic this article is the best thing ever read and no doubt there is no atom of lie in that article,  To me its suprising that the north could be behind this and most of their attack on their own soil ??
what happen to the drones found at lagos?
what about the air sttory?
no matter what boko meant they cant attack UN just like that!  then y?
the church burnt seems for distraction
right now its confusing, some big boys behind this!  why? and who?

why dont we confront the country that keep sending some ammunition and the country that predicts something to us about 2015  ,   maybe they can help! they knew more than we do  

Yes! GEJ/PDP was involved in the bombings! Like I've always maintained, they dropped the bombs not knowing that external forces would take their play script and run with; it has gotten out of hand is all---a scenario the freaking dolts didn't anticipate when it was Presented to them. Govts do it all the time, only difference is usually a mumu like GEJ is never Head of Govt, and the clownish SSS is never in charge of internal Security. . . I'm talking Advanced Societies not Banana Republics like the one that bred you.

The plan was to create an atmosphere of fear and insecurity and present GEJ as the hope for peace. If you don't read, I do. If you've forgotten everything that happened during that period (Nigerians and their short memories----O ma se o--- Well, me I haven't). If you don't read between the lines, I do. Pity.
Oya, shut the hell up and enjoy the movie way I dey bring you.

p.s:oh, by the way, have you ever asked yourself why he's always quick to defend MEND whenever Nigerian Intelligence and Foreign Govts placed the blame squarely at MEND's door step?!

Dokpesi is campaign manager for Ibrahim Babangida, a former military leader of Nigeria and Jonathan's main rival for the ruling party's nomination to run in presidential elections early next year.

Henry Okah, believed to be a former leader of MEND, was also arrested in South Africa, where he lives, and faces terror charges for involvement in the blast.

'In an obvious attempt to intimidate anyone opposed to the presidential ambition of Goodluck Jonathan, the Nigerian government hiding under the cloak of terrorist hunters have been witch-hunting, falsely accusing and harassing its perceived opponents,' Gbomo said.

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/article_1591813.php/Nigeria-militants-warn-of-bomb-attack-in-capital


PS:NA MEND WEY GEJ DEY ALWAYS DEFEND TALK AM O, NO BE ME.

So, the plot started to thicken sha



Raymond Dokpesi: President after my life/Goodluck Jonathan: No, it’s a lie



The camps of President Goodluck Jonathan and General Ibrahim Babangida are now locked in a verbal duel after Chief Raymond Dokpesi, the Director-General, IBB 2011 Presidential Campaign Organisation alleged, yesterday, that the president was after his life. Dokpesi also said a vote for the president is a vote for anarchy. But the president’s chief spokesman, Mr. Ima Noboro, dismissed Chief Dokpesi allegation as a tissue of lies.
   “Nigerians know those who are the “masters”in the art of political violence and it is not President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan,”Niboro said last night.
Chief Dokpesi who fired the first salvo had told reporters in Abuja that “No body has the monopoly of violence. The moment you begin to intimidate a fellow contestant like IBB, what you expect is that the North will also come out with their own aggression and innocent Nigerians will be made to clash. The ordinary people from the South South are not involved”.
“A vote for Jonathan is a vote for anarchy. It is a call for disintegration of Nigeria. The people that are promoting that campaign do not have the love of Nigeria. And it is time for all right thinking Nigerians to come out to defend the integrity, the Unity of this country, no matter what the cost might be.
“This country needs to be united for business to thrive, for people to live in peace and for all to lay claims to success. You cannot achieve this by intimidation”, he said.
On alleged threat to his life and his branding as a persona non grata in the Niger Delta, Dokpesi vowed that he would not be intimidated or daunted by threats from any quarters for supporting General Babangida for the election. He alleged that rigging of the 2011 general elections had begun with the Jonathan Campaign Organization.

http://www.elombah.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3991:raymond-dokpesi-president-after-my-lifegoodluck-jonathan-no-its-a-lie&catid=70:letters&Itemid=93

@ kingoflag
I cant believe im replying you! its not your fault maybe you ?? (better known to you, i cant reduce myself to name calling like you) i know when i hit the nail now, you will run to todays event to gain cheap cry!  
first Gej is 100% right in his speech that mend isnt a terrorist group infact to me i take them as a revolution to ND anyway most of you guys probably never knew anything about niger delta, this region was neglected! total neglection! this is the region that put food on your table! this is the region that builds your road! this is the region that feeds the greedy stinking born to rule leaders(dont know where you from but probably sound hausa to me),this is the region that never made you look starving like ur brothers on the horn of africa,this region even made you have access to computer that you type rubbish! yet this region is bn neglected and their boys wake up to act against your born to rule men and you here talking silly! its a stupi.d and bias Nigerian that can label mend terrorist!

this alone has prove whom you are and engaging words with you will cost me a precious time, i regret waisting my time replying atfirst self!