I don't believe this shitt, I don't believe the authorities will be stuppid enough to put up such a daft and pathetic defence.
However, if this is really true then...





I give up.

Whoever cast his/her vote for this government next year is mad

Rubbish, why not for opt for Russia, China or even North Korea if really the US blocked arms purchase. At least they will seat up when they see us going east.

Impeach

Not when this govt is the best they ever had in terms of ability to embezzlement with impunity

arewanationz: And the LIES continue......


When will our legislators develop the courage to impeach this failed drunkard?

otokx: Could America have prevented them from buying arms from Russia?

Yes actually.

There are sanctions on Russia right now that disables her economy from selling arms.

I stand to be corrected.

Aphrygian: My fellow nairalanders pls I would always want us to always curse or resist all Jonathanians on social media blackmailing APC.am nt affliated to APC in any way,buh if with all this revelations we don't believe that APC is clean abt this insurgents then Nigeria is heading for the precipice.cos most of this TAN people have sold there soul to the devil

Shut up, must you beg or cajole people to share the same ideology with you? And who told you the APC is not directly or indirectly responsible for the security challenges we are having? The reason why Nigeria is in this present state is because of people like you, who have sold their sense of reasoning because of a pot of porridge. PDP is not better, APC is not better and Nigerians are not better! We are all the same

Thieves, ole, barawos!!!!!

IF TRUE AS PER WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING...THEN NIGERIA SHOULD BUY FROM RUSSIA, CHINA ,FRANCE AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHO HARDLY ASK QUESTIONS WHEN SELLING ARMS...AND HAVING KNOWN CIA FOR WHAT IT IS....ITS POSSIBLE THEY TIPPED OFF THE SOUTH AFRICANS....BUT WAIT ...WHAT OF THE MASSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES CARRIED OUT BY BOKO HARAM....?

PerfectlyPerfect: I will always support my country through thick and thin, but this...this is just plain ridiculous.
yeah, the man made some points when he said the US has been scuttling some arms purchase deals. Nigeria tried to buy some Apaches from Israel but the US wrecked that deal.
I don't understand why a sovereign country like ours should play the underdog to another country. if US says we shouldn't purchase deals from their allies, we have other countries like Russia and China who would sell to us.
these guys don dey vex me small small

Why should they give sensitive machine like apache just for you to turn around and give it to BH? Abi how many time have you surrendered your military bases and weapons for BH to loot and kill you with


.

texaco1: This doesn't make any sense. There are countries and many arms dealers that will sell arms to nigeria without the approval of the americans. If this deal was between sa government and the fg,why do they need to pay in cash? A simple bank transfer would have prevented all these problems .why carry cash from nigeria is a private charter flight to sa without any single govt representative to purchase arms for nigeria and without even notifying the sa goovt of your arrival if truly they are waiting and expecting you

Read again, the reasons are there.

texaco1: This doesn't make any sense. There are countries and many arms dealers that will sell arms to nigeria without the approval of the americans. If this deal was between sa government and the fg,why do they need to pay in cash? A simple bank transfer would have prevented all these problems .why carry cash from nigeria is a private charter flight to sa without any single govt representative to purchase arms for nigeria and without even notifying the sa goovt of your arrival if truly they are waiting and expecting you

The only thing that comes to mind concerning your question, is "plausible deniability".
But $9.3 million is just too much to deny.

khafrahdante: Unfortunately for those who dont believe in the Nigerian state, I believe this story. If America predicts, it will do anything within its powers to make it come true.Stop livong in an illussion and come to reality people. America is capable of destroying anyone or anything that stands a threath.

Just as it "destroyed" Russia. :/

Russia is ready to sell, so this useless people should stop complaining !

Analyst2: IF TRUE AS PER WHAT THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING...THEN NIGERIA SHOULD BUY FROM RUSSIA, CHINA ,FRANCE AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHO HARDLY ASK QUESTIONS WHEN SELLING ARMS...AND HAVING KNOWN CIA FOR WHAT IT IS....ITS POSSIBLE THEY TIPPED OFF THE SOUTH AFRICANS....BUT WAIT ...WHAT OF THE MASSIVE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES CARRIED OUT BY BOKO HARAM....?

Replace France with Iran pls

zicoraads: Oh well...guess this is better than nothing. Sadly, they may have a point. The SA police got tipped by someone, an annonymous powerful someone.

Reason it out well Bro. Nobody needs tip any info.

SA is not as dumb as Nigeria. So you mean suitcases not labeled diplomatic cargo will just come into their country, and all the police, customs and other airport officials will just be looking at the passengers as they go through airport security without ascertaining its content.

You people should use you head jor!

This is what they called cover up.At the same time they are exposing their weaknesses.Blaming USA for their inability to purchase a legal harm,does that mean you should use a wrong way of purchase harm illegally while other countries like Russia is there to sell harm to you.you also use Pastor Oritsajafor the head of christain in nigeria to buy illegal harms shame on you people.But if the name of pastor oritsajafor has been Emir of kano or one notable islamic leaders I know you will not look for a cover up or if is one of APC memebers either christain or muslim,istantely you will relate the story with boko haram.

9ja FG scamming us since 1960...only God knows wat d money was 4?

Backlash to the failures of successful government!
my stomach is boiling with unmentionable words for our government, what economy values do we get from purchase nd use of ammunition?
it's really a pity that our govt over the years have failed woefully in provision of jobs, infrastructures and other social amenities with the huge money being spent now to purchase arms which could have been used positively to eradicate poverty and ignorance in the land.
The govt is now requesting for $1bn to purchase arms nd ammunition in midst of poverty ravaged land!? to kill those they were expected to provide and care for, are they INSANE! ?
millions of graduate can't find jobs and you're borrowing money to fight the monster you created, in the end large chunk of the money will end in private pockets
$1bn = N160billion, (160,000,000,000Naira) can cause industrial revolution in Nigeria.
what about resuscitating moribund companies all over the country?
Our successful govts are irresponsible,corrupt, lack vision, lack foresight, clueless, self-centred, in fact they're irredeemably politically insane

Iceking1: I dey even dey tink say i go see beta comments like strong insults on d americans mtchewwwww... I nor knw say sum APC= ALL PAST CRIMINALS, E-fools go still bring poilties 4 d issue... Rubbish

M..... U....... M....... U.



See beyond politics

ahaa...here comes the "blame" game! Story for the gods. So this silly government is trying to tell us that America stopped them from buying arms from the Russians and Chinese? Last time I checked the USA doesn't have any influence over this two nation,they don't care about who they does business with. C'mon! Come up with a convincing lie! Aww...you should be telling...this cock 'n' bull story to kids! This govt can lie!

ISpiksDaTroof:
This is a bloody lie from the pit of hell, and today I promise you this: GOODLUCK EBERE JONATHAN WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT COME FEBRUARY 15, 2015! Neither State nor Justice (Depts.) has Nigeria blacklisted from legal Arms purchases. What we have been against from jump were the illegalities involved in their procurement and transactions. To blame the United States for this scandal is to admit what we have thought all along: THIS CORRUPT NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS A HAND IN THE INSURGENCY AND HAS A LOT TO ANSWER!!!

If Nigeria pushes, we will push back. Theres a lot to be revealed and I think its about time this evil group of people leading Nigeria to the abyss are put to shame once and for all.

Have you confirmed this claim by El-Rufai associate online media outfit? In my Opinion, All of these lies are part of the grand Support for BH and send targetted at sending fear down the Spines of Nigerians.
If Premium times wont give details of response by American Embassy, then they have failed to move ME an inch in their KALUS bid to do their Masters' job

Story story

Oh foolish children, some idiotic news medium just pieces some balderdash as news and you believed it without any reasonable source. Nigeria Government should do whatsoever it takes to buy the Arms it needs in the fight against insurgency. All means, whether legal or illegal is amenable to me as long as it is necessary to kill those animals

I loss interest reading that rubbish and basted cover up reply from the FG.

The FG is simply lying!

Why have they resort to smuggling money into south africa, when they just signed an arms deals with Russia last month?

In August Russia and Nigeria signed a large contract for delivery of
helicopters, ITAR-TASS reports with reference to the head of Rostec
State Corporation’s delegation at ADEX-2014, Sergey Goreslavsky.
"In August a contract for delivery of a large batch of helicopters to
Nigeria was signed. This refers to significant number of Mi-171Sh
and a few Mi-35M helicopters", - Goreslavsky said.

He added that Mi-171Sh and other versions of Mi-17 helicopter are
in demand in Africa. "Mozambique is interested in these vehicles and
we are going to promote the helicopters at the exhibition held in
Republic of South Africa", - he added.

According to Goreslavsky, new sanctions imposed by EU on Friday
will have little impact on Russia’s export deliveries of weapons and
military equipment.

"Taking into account tasks set in terms of phasing out imports, we
believe that the new sanctions imposed by EU will have little impact
on our export deliveries", - he said.


It was reported earlier that EU expanded sanctions against certain
sectors of Russian economy. In particular, the sanctions ban
lending to five Russian state banks, three defense and three oil
companies for a period longer than 30 days. For the first time United
Aircraft Corporation, Uralagonzavod and Oboronprom Corporation
(part of Rostec Corporation) made the sanctions list. The head of
Rostec Corporation, Sergey Chemezov, was also included in the list.
On August 12th CEO of Rosoboronexport, Anatoly Isaykin, said that
the company signed a number of large contracts for delivery of
weapons and military equipment to Middle East and North Africa. In
particular, Bahrain will take delivery of Kornet-EM anti-tank weapon
system; Namibia – small arms, Kornet-E systems, ammunition and
trainers.

http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2014/9/17/2619/

are there not understanding people on this thread ,that knowns the kind of drum that America is beating for Nigeria ?
it will dawn on many soon when the food America is preparing for Nigeria is done .many will wake up by force ,but then it will be too late to act.

saintandsinnerz:

Shut up, must you beg or cajole people to share the same ideology with you? And who told you the APC is not directly or indirectly responsible for the security challenges we are having? The reason why Nigeria is in this present state is because of people like you, who have sold their sense of reasoning because of a pot of porridge. PDP is not better, APC is not better and Nigerians are not better! We are all the same

GBAM.

A family were 8 out of its 10 children are thieves can easily be referred to as the "family of thieves"

We that seat around and do nothing when things go wrong share equal responsibility with those responsible for the wrong doing (Olaeffect -2014)

Our children will ask us.

ISpiksDaTroof:
This is a bloody lie from the pit of hell, and today I promise you this: GOODLUCK EBERE JONATHAN WILL NOT BE PRESIDENT COME FEBRUARY 15, 2015! Neither State nor Justice (Depts.) has Nigeria blacklisted from legal Arms purchases. What we have been against from jump were the illegalities involved in their procurement and transactions. To blame the United States for this scandal is to admit what we have thought all along: THIS CORRUPT NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAS A HAND IN THE INSURGENCY AND HAS A LOT TO ANSWER!!!

If Nigeria pushes, we will push back. Theres a lot to be revealed and I think its about time this evil group of people leading Nigeria to the abyss are put to shame once and for all.

Foolish Yoruba Ape forming Americana.
LWKM!

This does not add up at all