₦airaland Forum

TallNigerian:
This has nothing to do with age but everything to do with obeying authority. The soldier should have respectfully told Wike to consult his boss who gave him the order.

Typically, a sane officer will say "Sir or Honorable Minister, please may I suggest that you resolve this with my boss? I am just an officer acting on orders. I have to protect my job Sir. I am not trying to undermine you Sir but I am acting on orders Sir. Failure of which I will be sanctioned. Try to understand Sir".

Instead, he was foolishly saying "the papers are complete and valid. I cannot allow you to access the land".

Haba, you are telling. Minister of FCT that the papers are valid. Was the officer there when the land was purchased? He didn't even have a photocopy of the title with him for clarification.

That was very silly. You dey argue with person wey fit revoke your boss land title documents. In Yoruba, they say "if they send you message as a slave, you ought to deliver it as a freeborn".

erniok:
Sometimes, some of our security agents goes ahead to prove what the say about the nation being a zoo.

Little wonder Canadian judges call them criminals.

Zanotee:
Wale Ayuba , very polite, educated and disciplined Fuji crooner.

I Just like his type of songs

SixSeven:
This one has forgotten the headlines then, WHO ORDERED THE SHOOTING

Unknown soldiers. I pity you. Pray your family does not get involved in casualties, you won't think and type carelessly. Why did the Army attend the panel of enquiry into the shootings at Lekki? Who gave them the order. This is a senseless thread. But I understand, you have to be paid, data boys.

chidiokay:
Ji


Which kind dvnnb Arguement this one dey bring up sef , Even @the Endsars incident, the only Question Nigerians asked at the time was " who gave the order"

We were never interested in the foot soldiers or knowing there name, who sent them was all we asked ? thats what brought sanwo olu to issue a disclaimer he didnt about the action... google is there to clear your ignorance log

You didnt even know the landed property belongs to a retired General and that why those soldiers were there, they have every right to defend there Commander interest

That you.have access to phone n data dont mean you are smart enough for these discuss, go to food thread

Misterone:
Stop talking nonsense! No one was massacred in Lekki toll gate!

SisterAnn:
At least you now agree there was a shooting at Lekki where protesters were killed.

Ttalk:
That's a very good question. I have taken my time to analyze the unfortunate incident of confrontation between the Minister of FCT and an attached naval staff to a retired CNS.

Many commentators have not only erred in their submission but have allowed emotion to dictate their judgement.

There are pertinent questions that could informed a better understanding and fair judgement on the matter.

If we are to agree that a military officer only obey the order of his superior, won't it be more appropriate to define under what condition such order becomes valid.

If it is assumed that a military can break traffic rules while on mission to arrest a bandit, will such order be applicable while such officer is taking his superior child to school,?

The scenario at which the altercation occured. is best not in military formal duty and such order must be weighed to comform with the existing rules outside the military formation.

It would have been more ingenious for the officer at the point of such stalemate to have seek direct intervention of his superior to engage the minister.

Taking a unilateral decision based on order from his boss is not enough ground to remain adamant. Rather than asked Wike to call the CNS, I believe the junior office should have done that instead.

runningriot:
Since this baba wants traffic we will engage him with artilleries of default and factory resetting. If you want to discuss in cyber space with you opinion let it be constructive and objective not this ping-pong talk just to be noticeable. Was the minister wrong in calling the officer a fool? Yes! Was the officer suppose to take orders from Wike? No! Are these politicians full of themselves especially, Wike? Yes! And above all did this young give Nigeria joy? Yes! So take your opinion to the gutters where it belongs.

ElSudani:
So the personnel assigned to them are not meant for specific duties and they are meant to be their personal police to guard their properties and even defy a serving minister?
What is wrong with many of you? Do you even know your rights as a citizen?

nedu666:
Did you type this rubbish when wike prevented police from arresting a judge. Under which power or law can a governor prevent police from arresting a judge

Perspective from Ayanfejesu Kiaz

But honestly, wit the kind of citizens we are, we don’t deserve a better nation.
Our sense of right and wrong changes wit our emotions and who’s involved.
When the powerful use soldiers outside their lawful duty to oppress ordinary citizens, we all shout, protest, and cry foul.
But now dat those same soldiers are being used to intimidate the FCT Minister, the chief executive of the capital city, from doing his lawful job, suddenly, because you dislike Wike, the soldiers have become heroes
Not in our Constitution or the Military Act dat says soldiers have any role in land protection or civil disputes.
This selective outrage is our real problem.
When wrong becomes right because it favors our bias, the nation sinks deeper.
In the end, we’ll all be alright, just not as we handle situations.

© Ayanfejesu Kiaz

arantess:
With your own warped mentality and phone, the issue of lekki was not about soldiers following orders.

It was about state government and acolytes denying that innocent protesters were killed.

See the difference?

oz4real83:
You need serious psychiatric evaluation. A group that thinks they are above the law, they laid the foundation for disobedience to the Constitution, when the same group becomes victims of the foundation they laid down, you come online to insult people who laugh to see the reward of bad behavior being dispensed to a minister that doesn't respect the rule of law and thinks he is above the law?

HgAkpobomeEr:
The Lekki comparison is just silly.

chidiokay:
You cant cover up the Misconduct, if you had a point why " gaslight" .. was endsars suppose to gaslight us or something

it common knowledge Power Exist and there are hierachy, a soldier is only answerable to the General in chain of command, one would have expect a acclaimed lawyer Wike to know

By hierachy Wike has no power to order a soldier out of an " order" a Disrespect to a Military uniform is a Disrespect to The nation ... is Wike bigger than Nigeria even if he is bigger than Rivers nd PDP

Telling a Military man you are a fool is calling the country a Fool, the name calling was unnecessary

And lets talk about the mature gentleman in uniform, was he civil, mature, eloquent and Mannered ... ofcus YES

Wike is power drunk and this is not the 1st time we will see Wike try to intimidate and parade himself like an emperor

Kudus to the soldier that acted CIVIL more than a civilian minister