The guy left prison but prison didn't leave him!
What a life under siege!

ladyF:
Chai No remorse

where have you been?

what would i say, am speechless, bt the the man case is critical

At least there is free food in prison

His name should be robert then!

Them dey follow am

Then arm robbery in his blood or run in his family.

This guy could be mentally ill. He should rather be taken to a rehab instead sending him to prison again.

eeya,he wor go prison again

they sud test his brain and rehabilitate him. For sure his appearance is not normal

athaboi:
Is unfortunate! Mayb they shld try a rehabilitation home and see if it will work, i dont think taking him back to prison will change anything. His case is not normal

You are very right. What he really needs is total and complete rehabilitation. It will make no sense putting him back in prison.

Nigerian prison makes criminal tougher. They are not good places for rehabilitation

This is what happens when prisons are built for retribution rather than rehabilitation.

People should be trained on how to acquire relevant survival and entrepreneurial skills in prisons and given a little lease of life (cash support) to rebuild their lives when released. But our Governors are more interested in avariciously amassing their security votes for themselves.

Many of us here cursing this man may not understand the circumstances he's faced with. A human being will do absolutely ANYTHING to survive if it comes down to it. You will be amazed what even you can do!

Having said all that, I feel partly sorry for the unfortunate dude. He's doomed to a life of misery sponsored by debilitating poverty.

He was born to stay behind bars

Stealing in his blood or "won ti fi ole see nii"

If a man who has no relatives or whose relatives has severed all ties with, is imprisoned for 5years and then released. What does society actually expect him to fall back on?

Do our prison systems empower prisoners with vocational skills? Are there opportunities for learning new academic certificates? Is there a system where released prisoners are provided with social support (one-time or over a limited time frame)?

These are issues that beg answers...

he needs coaching in d job .maybe someone should volunteer

a clear fail on the part of the nigerian prisons for not rehabilating a challenged citizen

He's destined to be a prisoner for life

Al dix ibo boys bearing yoruba names sha

hmmm

Xhaii... Oga say d truth u just miss free food in prison u wana go back mhen

It's in the blood

hmmm...

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Verdict - Admirably consistent....

•|Today's word with Oladapo A. Ojo|

THE ALIEN INVASION

The influx of foreigners especially from neighboring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon into this country is alarming. They enter unchecked in thier numbers and nobody seems to be concern. Some walk in majestically through our porous borders, others in trucks and on motorcycles.This invasion did not start yesterday, Ghanians did not start fishing in our waters unlicenced last week nor the illegal miners in the midst of the locals. These illegal migrants have their effect spread across all sectors of our national life. They constitute a security threat, a source of palpable division to our unity, taking a toll on our economy. I shall streamline to security and unity. Recently, whilst I watched Channelstv with rapt attention, my full gaze on the television; the live transmission of the last batch of ministerial screening. I wanted to see what our set of ministerial nominees were going to do differently from the immediate past administration. When a ministerial nominee from Kano was asked about Fulani herdsmen and their incessant clashes, he made a remarkable assertion, that the violent herdsmen are those of foreign nationals not indigenous Fulanis; the invaders at work.

This issue of illegal immigrants called aliens in security circle is not a new phenomenon. Its being there all along, probably since amalgamation. The enormity of their activities can't be overemphasized. This people have crept on us unawares and have woven themselves to the fabric of our national life. If we can tame the literates to an extent, what about the illiterates.let us remember that they wont care what becomes of this nation, because they are not a shake holder in the Nigerian project. They have become ubiquitous. A fellow who works on Lagos Island told me of how some supposed Hausas have turned the frontage of their office to bedroom at night. It was when they brought in police to dislodge them that they found out they were all Nigeriens. It is pertinent though disheartening to observe that some of them have found themselves at the corridors of power. If they could have found themselves at such hallowed places, then we are already saturated by them. There were rumours that former Head of State,General Saani Abacha wasn't from Kano Nigeria, infact I met a fellow in NYSC camp whilst serving my fatherland who claimed the former head of state was from his Kanuri speaking part of Borno state. Romours had it that he was from Niger Republic. Even a few of our present class of elite of Northern Nigeria extraction, have such allegations hanging on their head. If they have successfully found their way into places of governance and security; we are seated on a keg of gunpower. Most of the killings perpetrated by herdsmen have been linked to them as most of them have turned cattle rearing to human killing, maiming, raping and armed robbery. This impact is felt in diverse places across the nation in Plateau, Nassarawa, Kaduna, Benue, Taraba, Enugu, Ogun all the way to Cross River. However, a few indigenous Fulanis can't be completely exonorated. Today, many of these invaders are cobblers, okada riders, security guards etc. This is not new but all hands must be on deck with the state of our national security, individuals must do the favour of notifying our immigration office of all suspicions, and refuse them job opportunities especially now that we have an army of unemployed citizens.

In actual fact most have also being linked to terrorism. The history of terrorism can be traced to the maitatsine violence of the eighties occasioned by Alhaji Mohammed Marwa whose nickname was Maitatsine meaning 'the one who damns'. He had an ideology that was opposed to most aspects of modernization and western influence. He and his followers unleashed acts of terrorism against Nigeria leading to the lost of 4,177 lives in kano alone. His teachings were against the use of radios, wristwatches, automobiles, motorcycles and even bicycles. Major General Buhari in synergy with the police brought them to book. Mohammed Yusuf also started his own ideology, which he termed boko haram 'western education is evil' in 2002, yet he was a graduate who spoke English fluently and drove an elegant Mercedes Benz. He said in one of his interviews with BBC in 2009; 'There are prominent Islamic preachers who have seen and understood that the present western styled education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam'. Interestingly, both Marwa and Yusuf were against western education and modern technology; its also worthy of note that both were literate. This implies that even though educated, they still portend danger to our unity. However, its important to know that Alhaji Mohammed Marwa 'Maitatsine' is not a Nigerian, he only moved to Kano, Nigeria after his education in 1945, where he later became popular for his controversial teachings on the Quran. He was from Marwa in Northern Cameroon. The colonial master sent him on exile at a point but he came back after independence.

Moreover, this one gigantic threat to our national security and unity as a nation must be addressed, as some part are speaking of seceding if something is not done urgently because of these herdsmen. Most of the boko haram members have also been proven and corroborated by the military to be of Chad and Niger origin. A vast majority of the insurgents are not Nigerians, the occasional arrest made by the Department of State Security (DSS) in Lagos laid credence to that fact. Howbeit, it is an aberration that our leaders only speak out when they are affected, nobody thought of seceding whilst innocent people were being slaughtered by herdsmen across Yoruba land until Chief Olu Falae was kidnapped, just like the northern elders protested the deployment of military to Borno initially, giving all sort of defensives, but now that its affecting them, the military are not doing their work well. I wonder what the immigration office has done differently with all these findings. Its also a abnormal that in my constant visit to Borno, there are no jingles aimed at educating the populace about security tips, right islamic teachings, boko haram etc.

Our immigration service must be equipped with mordern operational gadgets at the border; biometrics at land borders must be taken seriously, thank God even villages now have access to data connection. All herdmen coming into Nigeria must be duly registered with their cattle and ranches established by both state government and private individuals. Helicopters should be procured for the aerial surveillance of our borders. The time frame within which a citizen applies and get the national identity card must be reduced drastically. Everyone must have a National means of identification since all can't have driver's license or international passport. With this, recruitment exercise especially to the security agencies can be more effective, devoid of alien enlistment. Nelson mandela said, 'Education is the most powerful weapon through which you can change the world'. Islamic scholars must constantly reinforce the true believe of Islam to its adherents, they must be taught that the we are in a liberal society.If necessary, it should be made a compulsory course to all higher institutions in Northern Nigeria, because if boko haram ends today, who knows who else will rise in 10 or 20 years to come again like Marwa and Yusuf. The national Orientation Agency should produce jingles that will be aired constantly on radio stations in the northeast to educate the populace about simple security tips, boko haram etc, like my people will say jokingly that no matter how poor an Aboki is, he will be a proud owner of a transistor radio. So the problem of if they will listen is out. In the Bollywood movie, 'My name is Khan', Khan tried to convince the president that because he was a Muslim, does not make him a terrorist, am not stating that our neighbors are criminals as no one has the the power except pronounced as such by a court.

In one of President Buhari's interview with Funmi Iyanda prior to the election, Buhari spoke of how himself and the Inspector General of Police were working together like they belonged to same platoon. There will therefore be no icing on the cake, if there is no synergy amongst the security agencies, especially with reference to intelligence gathering and sharing. There must be an office subject to the Chief of Defence Staff that coordinates the whole synergy with a tactician as commander. We want to see the kind of synergy that ended maitatsine in action, all unnecessary rivalry should be shelved. With the same gusto being employed by the military in destroying camps, same is expected from police and DSS in fishing them from amongst the populace through proper intelligence gathering and sharing.

Unless we tame and confine this invasion to the backwaters of the past, our children only knowing about them by reading about it in our annals of history, then the new prophesy of doom that we would breakup is a reality not a wish away. December terrorism deadline too will be a wishful thinking.
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It is in their blood. If you know the people I mean.

Some 40 yrs ago, a poor couple somewhere gave birth to lots of children, including him as if they were playing premier lotto, hoping that one become rich someday,without taking care of them. Isnt that the foolish thinking that breeds nuisances everywhere?

He must be under a serious spell

That's his destiny, they should kill him immediately.

Is it the expected tribe?