Kx:

because its hausas,u submit that they shud be given what they want.
Its its MEND,MASSOB and OPC,u suggest,massacre.

[b]A thinking that is devoid of equality and transparent dealing with the interest of all agitating groups.
Its a pity. [/b]

Funnily he claims he is bini

What those guys up north need is liberation but who will it to them is a million dallar question. Those that are suppose to librate them careless about them hence the darkness continues. How can somebody in his right mind at this point in time declare education as Haram?.

The best tthing in this country is for us to find our diff levels let them "Haramize" anything they like in their country.

Illiteracy is the problem, read some the defences for "Boko Haram" in this thread and you wonder whether some people have been de-brained.
A kettle is black and some are desperately trying to call it white and FORCE every other person to agree its white.
If secular or Western or Eastern or ****tern education is abominable or forbidden, then by all means do not go to school. But PLEASE leave those who want to, to go ahead.

Hausa muslims always have to display their thirst for blood and outright idiocity, probably an after-effect of meddling with the bovine species.

olabukola:

What those guys up north need is liberation but who will it to them is a million dallar question. Those that are suppose to librate them careless about them hence the darkness continues. How can somebody in his right mind at this point in time declare education as Haram?.

The best tthing in this country is for us to find our diff levels let them "Haramize" anything they like in their country.

so how did theor no education policy affect people like olabs and abusola born in the west?

nex:

Boko Haram more accurately translates to: Secular Education's an Abomination.

They want the type of education they had before the British came in. Saudis don't attend secular schools, but they're more educated than Nigerians.

Give the people what they want.

Yea right! You give us what we want. A southern Nigeria, then u can have all the boko haram you want in the northern Nigerian, why we here in the south can compete with the rest of the world.

nigeria is not working, we have massob, opc, mend, and now it s boko haram. only God knows what will com eup next b4 this fagot will agree to split this bleeping nation.

I'd like 2 clear some misconceptns:ISLAM, as preached by the best of mankind advocates seeking of education in all its ramification. There is definately no distinction betw Western educatn & mundane education. In fact, a tradition of the faith advocates seeking knowledge as far as China(then in Arabia, China was the known farthest land). This is why the forebears of the faith were at the fore-front of knowledge & Civilzation in their epoch of time.    Also, the Northern muslims shouldn't be construed as "perfect rep" of the Muslim community; as in all parts of the country, we've the uneducated,the area boys (kalari),the trouble makers etc. I undertook my youth service in the North and I can tell you I was grossly dissapointed with how they went about their faith (especially the youths). However, there are some indidviduals/groups amongst them whom you can regard as properly representing the muslim idealogies.
   Having said these, I'm actually dissapointed at most of the comments I came across this thread, most of which are openly spiteful of Islam and went in no small measure to denigrate the Islamic faith (the likes of Davidlan:his comments in the religion section leaves you without doubt that he is suffering from Islamophobia,& you only wonder what extreme hatred can lead to). Apparently as intellectuals, if one doesn't understand a concept/doctrine or one is intimidated by its success, the best thing to do is to attempt an independent assessment of the ills it is being accused of, rather than indulging in religious bigotry cum hatred. I'll be surprised if anyone with origins from the South, especially the S/W doesn't have both muslims & xtians as relatives. We should understand that we are not the same (as some are wont to believe) and then go further to understand our differences inorder to live 2gether in harmony rather than embarking on a crusade of defamatory actions/words that could have been as a result of LIMITED personal experiences. In my extended family, my immediate family happens to be on of the very few which practises the Islamic faith. Despite that, we are able to get along with our xtian cousins,uncles aunts, etc.Infact, my parents have sponsored quite a few of them in their educational pursuits till the tertiary level (I can boldly aver that my parents sponsored at least 15 of such xtian cousins:about 3 are chartered accountants).
   In attempting an epitome, I'll realy plead to us as youths to avoid all these divisive tendencies, focus on issues that can bring us 2gether and in turn lead to further developments of our great nation, and ultimately rise up as ADVOCATES of positive changes where everyone irrespective of his religious proclivities is able to live in peace & harmony with his neighbours. Don't mind the pessimists, Nigeria is bound to come out of all this crises a better and stronger nation.
  To the nation's continued existence & the sustenance of my faith, I resolutely stand for.

nex:

Boko Haram more accurately translates to: Secular Education's an Abomination.

They want the type of education they had before the British came in. Saudis don't attend secular schools, but they're more educated than Nigerians.

Give the people what they want.

I am surprised you did not call on your buddies JTF to "wipe out" the "useless cockroaches". Reading your post sometimes could be very disconcerting. I don't give a fig if they build the RRUBHUC "Retrogressive Riff Raff Boko Haram University of Cavemanology", but to force anyone, even a dead butterfly to accept their repulsive ideology is unacceptable. My friend, sometimes, perhaps once in a blue moon, you should desist from looking at a spade and calling it a giant hairy lizard.

In Odi,Bayelsa state,d villagers did nt have guns let alone
engage d police in duets,yet soldiers were sent there to "eraze" dem.

In bayelsa,delta and rivers state,JTF were sent there to fight militants,however,
hundreds of civilians were killed and villages wiped out simply because
the federal govt claimed,"d villagers were harboring militants".

Here we are in d north,militants are forcefully engaging the Nigeria Police Force,killing DPO's,killing officers,killing helpless inmates,burning police stations and killing
civilians,yet this same double standard govt wont send in their JTF.

Is that some militants are higher than some others?
Which kan country be dis sef?

Reading about the activities of these northern folks (both literate and illetrate) is always depressing.

Can't these folks do something that other Nigerians will be proud to associate with for once?

grafikdon:

I am surprised you did not call on your buddies JTF to "wipe out" the "useless cockroaches". Reading your post sometimes could be very disconcerting. I don't give a fig if they build the RRUBHUC "Retrogressive Riff Raff Boko Haram University of Cavemanology", but to force anyone, even a dead butterfly to accept their repulsive ideology is unacceptable. My friend, sometimes, perhaps once in a blue moon, you should desist from looking at a spade and calling it a giant hairy lizard.

Word!
The problem has never been whether Hausa muslims are allowed to Bleep themselves as they like, the problem since the time of Othman Dan Fodio has been that they want to forcefully "dip their Koran in the Atlantic ocean", by this they mean forcelly converting every Nigerian to their lewd religion.
You guys need to understand where they're coming from.

Tboy007:

   I'd like 2 clear some misconceptns:ISLAM, as preached by the best of mankind advocates seeking of education in all its ramification. There is definately no distinction betw Western educatn & mundane education. In fact, a tradition of the faith advocates seeking knowledge as far as China(then in Arabia, China was the known farthest land). This is why the forebears of the faith were at the fore-front of knowledge & Civilzation in their epoch of time.    Also, the Northern muslims shouldn't be construed as "perfect rep" of the Muslim community; as in all parts of the country, we've the uneducated,the area boys (kalari),the trouble makers etc. I undertook my youth service in the North and I can tell you I was grossly dissapointed with how they went about their faith (especially the youths). However, there are some indidviduals/groups amongst them whom you can regard as properly representing the muslim idealogies.
   Having said these, I'm actually dissapointed at most of the comments I came across this thread, most of which are openly spiteful of Islam and went in no small measure to denigrate the Islamic faith (the likes of Davidlan:his comments in the religion section leaves you without doubt that he is suffering from Islamophobia,& you only wonder what extreme hatred can lead to). Apparently as intellectuals, if one doesn't understand a concept/doctrine or one is intimidated by its success, the best thing to do is to attempt an independent assessment of the ills it is being accused of, rather than indulging in religious bigotry cum hatred. I'll be surprised if anyone with origins from the South, especially the S/W doesn't have both muslims & xtians as relatives. We should understand that we are not the same (as some are wont to believe) and then go further to understand our differences inorder to live 2gether in harmony rather than embarking on a crusade of defamatory actions/words that could have been as a result of LIMITED personal experiences. In my extended family, my immediate family happens to be on of the very few which practises the Islamic faith. Despite that, we are able to get along with our xtian cousins,uncles aunts, etc.Infact, my parents have sponsored quite a few of them in their educational pursuits till the tertiary level (I can boldly aver that my parents sponsored at least 15 of such xtian cousins:about 3 are chartered accountants).
   In attempting an epitome, I'll realy plead to us as youths to avoid all these divisive tendencies, focus on issues that can bring us 2gether and in turn lead to further developments of our great nation, and ultimately rise up as ADVOCATES of positive changes where everyone irrespective of his religious proclivities is able to live in peace & harmony with his neighbours. Don't mind the pessimists, Nigeria is bound to come out of all this crises a better and stronger nation.
  To the nation's continued existence & the sustenance of my faith, I resolutely stand for.

Damn that! Quite evidently you are haram, I have no Muslim relatives, not even inlaws. Stop exposing your ignorance of the South.
Islam is a religion like any other, but there is a serious problem in the North. They think Southern lives are cheap; for the slightest thing, they go out and slaughter. These bastard boko haram where dragging people out of their cars and shooting them!
Where do Boko Haram find their converts? North.
Where are Boko Haram allowed to multiply? North.
Where do Boko Haram have "educated" defenders (e.g. on this forum)? North.
Where is a group has a direct connection with alqaeda allowed to exist? North

There has never been anything as remotely dangerous as these incarnations of belzeebub, they even have a newspaper publisher (Daily Trust) as member http://worlddefensereview.com/pham020107.shtml. Doesn't that put a terrifying and sinister twist on what this group really is?

Southerners educate yourselves on what is going on up North!

Boko Haram need to be totally wiped out and the South needs to split from any society that can breed this sort of demons.

The riot has spread all over the north:


Sectarian riots in Borno, Yobe, Kano
, 100 Islamist militants killed
From DESMOND MGBORH, Kano, TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri and ABU ONYELEBOCHO, Potiskum
Tuesday, July 28, 2009


Corpses of Islamist militants killed by security agents in Maiduguri on Monday
•Photo: The Sun Publishing
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Security forces on Monday fought gun battles with Islamist militants who staged attacks on police stations, prisons, churches and other government buildings in Borno, Yobe and Kano states, leaving no fewer than 100 dead.

The attacks came on the heels of similar incident in Bauchi, which death toll the acting Inspector General of Police, Mr Ogbonnaya Onovo put at 65, including five police casualties.

Maiduguri, the capital of Borno was thrown into pandemonium on Monday as members of the Mohammed Yusuf Movement (Yusuffiya), Islamic sect in the state made real their threat as they burnt down some police stations, prisons and churches. The Islamist militants also set free inmates of the Maiduguri Maximum Prison, while similar attacks were carried out on a police station and church in Potiskum, Yobe State.

The crisis broke few days after nine of the sectarian members were arrested by the police for being in possession of locally made bombs, explosives, dangerous chemicals and weapons, while one was also killed by a bomb explosion. The leader of the sect, Mohammed Yusuf had in a well-publicized message recently threatened to stage a show-down with those he tagged enemies of Islam, calling on his followers to prepare for a Jihad.

By Sunday night, some members of the sect members stormed the State Police Headquarters along Kano-Jos Road in Maiduguri and attacked the Mobile Police senior officers quarters beside the headquarters, killing two police officers.

“The militants came in the midnight with dangerous weapons and some substances suspected to be bombs. They caught us unaware because we never thought they could target the training college side. They immediately set some quarters ablaze and most of us ran out of our houses before our colleagues and Operation Flush men came to the scene,” a police officer who witnessed the incident told Daily Sun on condition of anonymity.

Daily Sun gathered that the sect members arrived the quarters around 11.30 pm, shouting Allhu Akbar (God is great) and immediately set nine buildings, six cars and two motorcycles on fire. Two police officers were reportedly killed.

Sources said the men of the state special security task force, Operation Flush and some mobile policemen who came to the scene shortly, engaged the militants in a gun battle, forcing the sect members to beat a retreat.

Those who escaped the police onslaught among the fundamentalists were said to have proceeded to the Maiduguri Maximum Security Prison. By early Monday morning, the prison has been burnt while all the inmates were set free. A prison warden was also killed just as some churches around the railway area in the metropolis were torched by the rampaging sect.

Unconfirmed reports claimed two churches were also burnt in Gamboru-Ngala, a border town in the state.
Over 100 corpses of members of the sect who were reportedly shot security officials police were seen littering the deserted streets of Maiduguri as at the time of filing this report. Movements in and out of the state capital were restricted even as commercial activities were paralyzed. All banks, schools and companies were shut down as combined team of police; state security services (SSS) and army mounted surveillance in the state.

The Commissioner of Police, Christopher Dega and the commandant of the Operation Flush, Col Ben Ahanotu could not be reached as at the time of filing report. Ironically, all the mobile telephone networks were not working fueling speculations that the authorities might have asked the operators to jam their communication devices to prevent the sect members who are scattered across the North from coordinating their operations.

Meanwhile, Governor Ali Sheriff has declared a dusk to dawn curfew from Monday.
A three paragraph statement signed by the Director of Press in the Government House, Zanna Usman Chiroma stated that the curfew, which was declared in all parts of the two local government areas in the Maiduguri metropolis “will take effect from 7p.m to 6a.m daily until the security situation improves.”
The governor advised residents to stay in their homes during the period as no movement would be allowed, assuring all citizens of full protection of lives and property.

He also promised to lift the curfew as soon as the situation was brought under control.
Similarly, the religious upheaval has spilled to Yobe State as attacks in Potiskum in the early hours of Monday morning left at least one policeman and a personnel of the state fire service dead.
Daily Sun gathered that the members numbering over 40 attacked the police station in Potiskum, freed suspects in custody, looted the armoury and then set ablaze the station and the office of the Federal Road Safety Commission adjacent to it.

The attacks were launched, according to sources at the period it was raining catsß and dogs.
Mr. Mohammed Paddah, spokesman of the Yobe State Police Command who confirmed the attack said the State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Abbas had paid a visit to the scenes of the attacks as well as the police armoury.

The police spokesman confirmed the death of the two uniformed men, adding that seven other police officers were injured in the attack. He said some suspects had been arrested and were already being investigated.
He called on members of the public to give vital information on suspects to enable the police nip attacks in the bud.

As at the time of filing this report, Governor Ibrahim Geidam who was said to have gone to a town in Gulani local government area had not made any statement on the attacks.

Also a police station in Wudil town situated on the outskirts of Kano was attacked on Monday.
Police repelled the attack, killing three members of the group and arresting 33 others, Kano police spokesman, Baba Mohammed said. Two police officers were injured in the clashes in the town, some 30 kilometres (20 miles) east of Kano.

“An unspecified number of these extremists attacked the police station at around 4:00a.m and injured two officers but our men repelled them, killed three and apprehended 33 of them,” said Mohammed.
He said the attack was similar to the one staged overnight at a police station in Potiskum in Yobe State.
Police have meantime besieged the Kara neighbourhood of Wudil where the group has a mosque, preparing for an offensive to flush them out.

A Kano resident said police were patrolling the streets of the bustling capital following the attack in the nearby town.

“The situation is still very tense but armed policemen are patrolling the streets and trouble-prone parts of Kano to make sure they put the situation under complete control.”
He suspected the militants were fleeing from Yobe and Bauchi states where they launched attacks on Sunday and Monday.

The latest wave of fighting broke out on Sunday in Bauchi State when police hit back at militants after they attacked a police station at dawn.

The Nigerian Taliban emerged in 2004 when it set up a base dubbed Afghanistan in Kanamma village in Yobe, on the border with Niger, from where it attacked police outposts and killed police officers.
Its membership is mainly drawn from school dropouts. The north of Nigeria is majority Muslim, although large Christian minorities have settled in the main towns, raising tensions between the two groups.
Since 1999 and the return of a civilian regime to Nigeria’s central government, 12 northern states have introduced Islamic Sharia law.

More than 700 people died last November in Jos, capital of Plateau state, when a political feud over a local election degenerated into bloody confrontation between Muslims and Christians.
Sectarian clashes between Muslims and Christians in Bauchi State killed 14 people in February. A Muslim mob went on the rampage, attacking Christians and burning churches in reprisals over the burning of two mosques, which Muslims blamed on Christians, they said.

One of the Nigerian Taliban leaders, Aminu Tashen-Ilimi, had told newsmen in a 2005 interview that the group intended to lead an armed insurrection and rid society of “immorality” and “infidelity.”

I thought they said there is no taliban in the north?

How come this thing spread so fast around the north?

Quote from BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8172270.stm

"There are prominent Islamic preachers who have seen and understood that the present Western-style education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam," he said.
"Like rain. We believe it is a creation of god rather than an evaporation caused by the sun that condenses and becomes rain.
Like saying the world is a sphere. If it runs contrary to the teachings of Allah, we reject it. We also reject the theory of Darwinism."
Mr Yusuf himself is something of an enigma.
He is believed to be in his mid-thirties, and analysts say he is extremely wealthy and highly educated.
"He is graduate educated and very proficient in English," says Nigerian academic Hussain Zakaria.
"He lives lavishly - people say he drives a Mercedes Benz. And he is very well-educated in a Western context."

Damn!

"He is graduate educated and very proficient in English," says Nigerian academic Hussain Zakaria.
"He lives lavishly - people say he drives a Mercedes Benz. And he is very well-educated in a Western context."

Now this has become one huge comedy.

Extremist Islam will die a slow but sure death!

Abuzola:

@hauwa, a forceful marriage is illegitimate in Islam, you can compare the rate of fornicators in the north to that of the south, and you will agree with me that early marriage has merit.

Please, since you are in mood of educating us abou the north/Islam, can I ask you whether just like a forceful marraige is illigitimate in islam as you said. Is pimping also illegitmate?
I asked because, the last I checked Yar Adua is building his own political dynasty by pimping his daughters to northern governors, old enough to be their father.

Nigerian Taliban??

bronx:

Not every so called 'islamic sect/religious group' represents islam, and the same goes for any other religion. God is the giver of knowledge and so physics, technology etc are all from GOD. May God deal justly with those who have done wrong in this issue and may He guide us all, amin.

Yeah right!
Go and tell that to Boko haram (whatever they are called) or even your moronic president (Yar Adua).
I was wondering when he will declare sharia for all Nigerian slaves, afterall he did it in Katsina. If Sharia is good enough for Katsina, it must be good enough for all Nigerians.
Maybe Sharia is his 8th point agenda as he has ran out of idea with his 7th point agendas.
ONE NIGERIA- HURRAY!!!!!!!!!!WELCOME TO ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY

[/quote]Damn that!    Quite evidently you are haram, I have no Muslim relatives, not even inlaws. Stop exposing your ignorance of the South.
Islam is a religion like any other, but there is a serious problem in the North. They think Southern lives are cheap; for the slightest thing, they go out and slaughter. These bastard boko haram where dragging people out of their cars and shooting them!
Where do Boko Haram find their converts? North.
Where are Boko Haram allowed to multiply? North.
Where do Boko Haram have "educated" defenders (e.g. on this forum)? North.
Where is a group has a direct connection with alqaeda allowed to exist? North [quote]

   U're definately correct, the North has a myriad of problems. To the best of my limited observation, the socio-political, illiteracy, & economic upheavals cum imbalance of the North have found  exit points under the guise of Religion.You shouldn't be surprised that more than 99% of the so-called sect members are riff-raffs,kalaris(area boys),job-less youths with no future prospects.You might be stunned that they know nothing of the basic tenets of the faith (e.g establishing salat, kindness to parents(prayers),humility,good neighbourliness etc).
   As to assertion of my improper understanding of the SOUTH;perhaps u are from the SS(I'm from the SW). But I have come across muslims from the SE (esp Imo & Ebonyi), and the presence of the faithfuls in the SW is not to be contested. For your info, gov Fashola of Lagos, where I reside is a muslim while his wife professes xtianity. Any other proof?
   I must commend u.You seem to be sincere in ur observatn (not like others), though u were a little mischievous in ur penultimate statement. I am of the opinion that those who have committed such heinous acts should be hounded up 4 they give our country a black name & they stain the faith of the believers.Note in Islam that every life is sacred (be it muslim or non-muslim). u are only permitted to strike those who strike u & compelled 2 make peace with those who restrain from you (i.e those that are neither eager to fight against u nor are inclined 2wards ur way of life ie ir faith). It is only by mutual uderstanding of our idiosyncracies can live in perpetual harmony.
, & oops, haram means "unlawful". Funny u accuse me of that, Hope u now know the meaning.

1 LOVE, bro.

dumping the fool and idiot called yaradua on us is one main reason OBJ will go to hell so he will feel what the average nigerian go through daily

Beaf:

Quote from BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/8172270.stm

"There are prominent Islamic preachers who have seen and understood that the present Western-style education is mixed with issues that run contrary to our beliefs in Islam," he said.
"Like rain. We believe it is a creation of god rather than an evaporation caused by the sun that condenses and becomes rain.
Like saying the world is a sphere. If it runs contrary to the teachings of Allah, we reject it. We also reject the theory of Darwinism."
Mr Yusuf himself is something of an enigma.
He is believed to be in his mid-thirties, and analysts say he is extremely wealthy and highly educated.
"He is graduate educated and very proficient in English," says Nigerian academic Hussain Zakaria.
"He lives lavishly - people say he drives a Mercedes Benz. And he is very well-educated in a Western context."

Damn!

The nitiwit basks in wealth and still leads a group of fools against the same ideals that brought him opulence.
I don't really pity him, i pity the loads of idiots he took with him to hell. . .so much for joblessness and illiteracy

ilugunboy:

Reading about the activities of these northern folks (both literate and illetrate) is always depressing.

Can't these folks do something that other Nigerians will be proud to associate with for once?

North Today, North Tommorow

We northeners admit that we are dum. But we are still clever enough rule Nija for 3/4 of its history.

dantanoma:

We northeners admit that we are dum. But we are still clever enough rule Nija for 3/4 of its history.

Does that mean you are proud of Boko Haram?

3/4 of its history?
We can see wreckages and failure all around, especially up North.

Yes you are right. But always remember before the british came and educated the south the north had their own education system. Before the british came the majority of south people were dressing using leafs. We northen peeps on the other hand knew how to make clothes! Truth hurts, but the truth is truth. I assure you there will not be a leader from the south of nigeria for a long long time. What you have to understand is that the north is very diverse in terms of clans and tribes. Some clans are not very intellectually endowed whilst others such as toronkawa have super intelligence that allows them to easily manouvere politically.

that manouvere don end now. that is one thing OBJ achieved . . . he put a knife in the cord of unity that held the north. the north is no more in charge. yarasleep may be president but the north is not in control as it used to be.

sorry. carry ur fundametalism in the north only. why dont u guys try to seceed instead of forcing everybody to be of ur religion. the niger-deltans want to leave nigeria, igbis want to leave, yorubas at some point wanted to leave. why do u guys want to force everybody to be like u.

if u hate education, colonise illiteracy but dont disturb people who want education. in this 2Ist century some peeps want only illiteracy . . na wa o

dantanoma:

Yes you are right. But always remember before the british came and educated the south the north had their own education system. Before the british came the majority of south people were dressing using leafs. We northen peeps on the other hand knew how to make clothes! Truth hurts, but the truth is truth. I assure you there will not be a leader from the south of nigeria for a long long time. What you have to understand is that the north is very diverse in terms of clans and tribes. Some clans are not very intellectually endowed whilst others such as toronkawa have super intelligence that allows them to easily manouvere politically.

Perhaps, your increasingly unavoidable Arewa republic will be called "Nigeria", then Toronkawa can rule forever?

What has happened to the educated oligarchs who knew how to make clothes? Have they started executing each other?

Secular Humanism, Atheism, Agnostic are all product of Education. No wonder. Boko Haram

My people post the dumbest things.

My people perish for lack of knowledge.


Niger Delta youths have forgotten what they are fighting for. They've forgotten what they want. They think they want N3 billion for AK 47s, they think they want to blow up Atlas Cove, MEND has made them believe they want to bunker oil, they feel they want to capture white men, my people have turned they focus upside down. They want to fight cult wars and champion electoral violence. THEY DON'T KNOW THAT WHAT THEY WANT IS RESOURCE CONTROL.


The love for violence has abraded the purpose of the Niger Delta. Why, MEND? Why have you deceived them so with wants of 3 bedroom flats and monthly pocket money. I'm very sorry for my people. I pity you too much. This is what violence does. This is what Boko Haram did.


Have I ever said the Federal Government should not give the crude oil back to the owners? Not 30%, not 50%, but 100% through personal companies that will be registered by families of oil producing communities. They should get 100% because it is theirs. All the government can get is 20% in the form of tax.


What is democracy if the people can't have their rights. What I condemn the youths for is violence, killing, N3 billion AK 47 fund, 3 bedroom flats, militant aggrandizement, wanton destruction and demands that ridicule us all. These are the kinds of activities MEND engages in. Compare them to what Boko Haram engages in.


Do you not know that it is everybody's human right to be educated in whatever system they prefer? Do you not know that according to the UNITED NATIONS Child Right Act, it is an abuse on children to impose cultures on them that are at variance with that which theirs?


The Niger Deltans want the wealth that is theirs. The Northern Muslims want the education that is theirs. I support them both. WHAT I DO NOT SUPPORT IS VIOLENCE, MURDER, ARSON, UPRISING, AND PRESENTING THEIR PEOPLE'S DEMANDS IN THE MOST SAVAGE MANNER. What is wrong with you all?

@nex

MEND is not a military organisation. They hire the thugs that politicians have aquired to press their strategy.
As for education in the North, I wonder if it is purely due to poor leadership or if some elements of culture also play a part (they are all under the caliphate).

@Beaf

we may never know. Maybe Boko Haram too hires thugs to do their bidding. Did you not notice that while the killings were going on, Yusuf Muhammed and Buji Foi were watching E! Channel in the comfort of their homes.


There's nothing different about it. Terrorists start from oppressed people, but immediately they employ violence, they enjoy the occupation so much that they forget what they were doing it for at the end of the day.


Everybody should get what they deserve. It is the key to keeping everybody happy.


Violence is not the answer. Selfishness, making frivolous demands, pointless actions, hurting the people that play no role in your oppression, it is madness that should not be condoned.