Abagworo:

He said in any decent society someone like Buhari would face the full weight of the law.

Abagworo:

He argued that there are several other influential individuals the security agencies may have manipulated in the violence, and wondered why they have not arrested and prosecuted them.

“I don’t know how the Federal Government should sanction sponsors of such mayhem that has left hundreds of innocent Nigerians dead, but I think the government should do something to keep this nation one indivisible entity for the benefit of every citizen.

“I believe we are experiencing violence in parts of the North because certain highly placed persons in this country magnified the PDP problem of zoning offices and gave the impression to the electorate and the generality of Northerners, especially the gullible illiterates, that it was their turn to rule.

“Basically, what we are seeing today is the fact that they feel that it is their turn to rule. Those people who are perpetrating the mayhem do not know who won election and in what place.

“In fact, you will recall that the violence started long before the INEC Chairman (Attahiru Jega) declared the results, and sadly the mayhem is mostly in the states where Buhari won.”

Statement: 21.04.2011

[size=14pt]OTP Statement on Electoral Violence in Nigeria[/size]

The Office of the Prosecutor is closely following on the situation in Nigeria and is concerned with the outbreak of violence surrounding the National Assembly and Presidential elections of April 2011.

In the context of its on-going preliminary examination activities, the Office will seek to establish whether the recent violence may have been planned and organized and whether crimes falling within the Court’s jurisdiction may have been committed.

The Office is mindful that the upcoming governorship elections on 26 April could lead to further violence. Prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo stated. “Those who commit atrocities to gain power will be held to account”. The Office of the Prosecutor welcomes Nigeria’s political leaders’ call on their supporters to show restraint and avoid unrest. In accordance with the complementarity principle, the Office will, in the first place, support national investigations into the violence and its perpetrators.

Source: Office of the Prosecutor

Beaf:

Buhari campaigning with a spear. Bakare did the same too:

President of the association, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, gave the warning while briefing newsmen at the end of the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting of the association, saying [b]Nigerians now had golden opportunity to change leaders and elect those, who would positively turn around the future of the country.

Decrying the pre-election violence that had been on the increase in recent times, the CAN leader urged registered voters to go out on election days and vote for their candidates and ensure they monitored the process to prevent malpractices.

Kobojunkie:

Flag don become spear ke!!

you see knowing the mind of God, God want peace. and dividing nigeria is the only way for peace.

Bintus2much:

Am finding it hard that a central christian figure like Pastor Ayo will say such a thing,  if that is the case then, we are likely to experience more troubles as a nation,  

Abagworo:

Unfortunately he did.

Pataki:

Can we please have a link to this story?

I do not want to believe Ayo Oritsejafor said those things there.

If indeed he said those things. . . . . Christianity in Nigeria has gone to the dogs.

Bintus2much:

http://www.independentngonline.com/DailyIndependent/Article.aspx?id=32686

Abagworo:


Don't be too quick to celebrate.I think Bakare has evidence of Ayo collecting bribe and the serial number of the notes taken.We might be in for the biggest Religious scandal in the history of mankind.

olawalebab:

With people like Beaf around, i see a bleak future for Nigeria, i cant imagine a plain LIAR that'll want to turn black to white for us. Buhari is holding a long PEN which is the logo of his party and not spear, that is how he show it in all his rally. As for Papa Ayo, i dont want to believe he say all that. I want to believe he was quoted out of context. Success Nigeria

texazzpete:

Oritsejafor is a dolt if he really did say that.

I see people burning with indignation about the violence in the North. Where was CAN and Oritsejafor when innocent [b]children were being killed and maimed in Akwa Ibom over baseless allegations of witchcraft from his fellow PFN members like Helen Ukpabio? [/b]The man was too busy quaffing tithe money to do anything about the carnage.

And yes, i am a Christian. People like Ayo Oritsejafor should be hiding their heads in shame.

Beaf:

I don't know whether to laugh or cry. That is not a "long PEN," it is a SPEAR. Why should a pen be made so long and thin that it unmistakably is a spear?
Buhari and Bakare held similar spears at other campaigns.

Now that blood has been spilt, we demand to know why Mr Buhari held spears at some rallies.

Bintus2much:

@Poster Can you give us the link to your story? Am finding it hard that a central christian figure like Pastor Ayo will say such a thing, if that is the case then, we are likely to experience more troubles as a nation,