A former minister of Education and leader of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has asked Nigerians to appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to get pardon the soldiers arrested for mutiny in the fight against Boko Haram.

Delivering a keynote address titled: “A caring society grows faster and better,” at the launch of the Bunmi Adedayo Foundation on Tuesday in Lagos, Ezekwesili said the soldiers were wrongly punished for refusing to fight the insurgency ill-equipped, considering that some former public officials shared the money meant to equip the army and the diversion of the funds was a demonstration of how political leaders and citizens exhibit ‘I don’t care’ attitude towards governance.

She said: “The exemplification of a society of ‘I don’t care’ could not have been worse in manifestation than recent revelations that while the tragedy went on in the Northeast, those responsible for governance sat around the table, watched citizens being taken out by the bunions of terror and felt comfortable to share the resources meant to equip the fighting soldiers and then turned around and said to those among the soldiers that refused to be sent on a suicide mission that they deserved to die.

“How else can you define ‘I don’t care’? I hope you will join me in telling the President of our country that those soldiers don’t deserve to die. Our President must use the prerogative of mercy that the constitution gives him to waive any kind of charges against those ones, we are not saying all soldiers, because some may have misbehaved in the course of this war.

“But we are saying that it is reprehensible that our society will degenerate to the level where leaders, who as are found in these other societies, stay awake worried about the challenges of their citizens, in our own case, stayed awake sharing the resources, meant to protect the territory and the people.”


source:www.nigerianmonitor.com/2016/01/06/pardon-convicted-soldiers-ezekwesili-begs-buhari/

God, pardon me of all my sins and Glorify me, send helpers to me from all angles and let me be d tool to influence and upgrade others

Good


Dansuki caused their ordeal may dasuki never see nor no peace .pmb pls pardon them.


Lalasticlala

This woman has been missing in action....
She is seeking relevance by making such statements.....
I don't think it is her call though what does she know bout d military .....

What a waste of beg why not beg him to bring back our girls, abi no be dat campaign make u blow

Dasuki should take their place

Sincerely we need to help this soldiers, they knew the arms given to them to go fight the insurgents are not anywhere near what those ones are using and you still want them to go, is that not plain suicide?


Would u break bottle to stab a man holding a gun?

We need one voice for them, they can be anyone of us relatives! They need help


#SaveourSoldiers

They should be allowed to go. Dasuki should stand in for their trial. Any trial that has to do with mutiny should be directed to Dasuki.

Why? He caused it.

fistonati:
God, pardon me of all my sins and Glorify me, send helpers to me from all angles and let me be d tool to influence and upgrade others

Waiting this one dey talk self

Dasuki, Dokpesi, Bafarawa, Anenih, Diezani, Bode george, yuguda, FFK, Metu, Fayose, GEJ, Sambo, Saraki, Mama peace, Obanikoro, General momoh, etc..... should take their place.

Noted





Dasuki is to be blame

replace them with dasuki&co.gate limited

nan1:
i really hope they free them dasuki shoul take their place

:

big mouth

Thought she planned to quit from every social media platform this year?

Madam Obasanjo!

Pardon them but destroy Nnamdi kanu.

kamair237:
This woman has been missing in action....

She is seeking relevance by making such statements.....

I don't think it is her call though what does she know bout d military .....

She knows not 'bout the military, yeah...but she got common sense and she just made a lot of it in the pardon appeal.
So let's help her beg the President.

Let's pray maybe he can be touched by God to pardon them

kamair237:
This woman has been missing in action....
She is seeking relevance by making such statements.....
I don't think it is her call though what does she know bout d military .....

I don't know y some persons can not just apply common sense, anyway no sense is common but kamair237 need some senses caause if was 2 be in the military at that time , he will b d 1st 2 run or probabaly go on exil!!!

Absolute truth.
May PMB heed your advice.
You're a true Nationalist.
May God bless you.

Dansuki is d cause of Mutiny....so Dnt free him

Not just a former minister but also a former #BringBackOurGirls advocate. Let me ask you man, has our girls been found?

Bubu, free the innocent soldiers & do the needful to the evil ones.

How many lifes is the past government has sent to early grave indirectly. It was not there fault no weapons. There weapons had turned into eagles and flew away into some prominent account as cash

neolboy:
A former minister of Education and leader of the Bring Back Our Girls group, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, has asked Nigerians to appeal to President Muhammadu Buhari to get pardon the soldiers arrested for mutiny in the fight against Boko Haram.

Delivering a keynote address titled: “A caring society grows faster and better,” at the launch of the Bunmi Adedayo Foundation on Tuesday in Lagos, Ezekwesili said the soldiers were wrongly punished for refusing to fight the insurgency ill-equipped, considering that some former public officials shared the money meant to equip the army and the diversion of the funds was a demonstration of how political leaders and citizens exhibit ‘I don’t care’ attitude towards governance.

She said: “The exemplification of a society of ‘I don’t care’ could not have been worse in manifestation than recent revelations that while the tragedy went on in the Northeast, those responsible for governance sat around the table, watched citizens being taken out by the bunions of terror and felt comfortable to share the resources meant to equip the fighting soldiers and then turned around and said to those among the soldiers that refused to be sent on a suicide mission that they deserved to die.

“How else can you define ‘I don’t care’? I hope you will join me in telling the President of our country that those soldiers don’t deserve to die. Our President must use the prerogative of mercy that the constitution gives him to waive any kind of charges against those ones, we are not saying all soldiers, because some may have misbehaved in the course of this war.

“But we are saying that it is reprehensible that our society will degenerate to the level where leaders, who as are found in these other societies, stay awake worried about the challenges of their citizens, in our own case, stayed awake sharing the resources, meant to protect the territory and the people.”


source:www.nigerianmonitor.com/2016/01/06/pardon-convicted-soldiers-ezekwesili-begs-buhari/

I support this plea. PMB please Save and release our soldiers.

I support madam on this one!!

Firing squard awaits dem, frm the commander in chief

Makes sense.

i really hope they free them dasuki shoul take their place

THIS WOMAN OWN DON TOO MUCH,TOO MUCH SEEKING ATTENTION WETIN CONCERN AM

They should be pardoned. Their only offense was refusal to fight with NO ARMS. They said they were not well equipped to fight BH who had stronger fire power. You and i know that would have been suicidal. Would you ask any Nigerian team to play REAL Madrid or Barcelona without cleats, come on guys!