Anago55:
. He is not an Igbo man

my brother crucible shiit

I thought Zamfara state government had series of meetings with these bandit's, why are they now suspending the law makers, maybe they are helping the government to negotiate further, Oyebe in ijaw, mumu in English

helinues:


Incoherent balderdash

He gave you a seemingly reasonable answer to your asking why they had not been arrested.
If you now have an answer to your question that differs from his, kindly tell us.

MasterDeFi:


If everyone was treated equally will anybody make so-called "unnecessary references"

An actor the other day was taken into DSS custody for wearing a costume with certain symbols, these law makers actually worked with bandits

Why aren't they in the DSS gulag??

Don't comment like an idiot without using applying your God-given brain.

I concur.

helinues:
Suspended or he should be arrested?

...welcome to Nigeria

Una never ready

imagine just suspension tufiakwa if na igbo naw them go persecute am.

only say person wear Biafra cloth them arrest am if e come be say na house member wear am na only God know wetin them for do am

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Islie:


https://dailytrust.com/breaking-zamfara-assembly-suspends-lawmakers-for-working-with-bandits

It is nearly finished!

Danjikanbauchi:
If he is Igboan by now Federal government would have issue statement army and DSS will arrest him and Afonja Muslim skull miners will not let people rest

be shouting afonja Muslims there up and down instead of u to face the middle belt Christians that cornered and slaughter your ancestors in 1966 progrom!

helinues:
Suspended or he should be arrested?

No they should be burnt to Death

helinues:
Suspended or he should be arrested?

Because they are APC members.

Multiple sources of income.

Nawa..

Islie:


https://dailytrust.com/breaking-zamfara-assembly-suspends-lawmakers-for-working-with-bandits

Zamfara state law makers suspend for working with bandits

Meanwhile Chiwatala Agu is still in DSS custody for wearing BIAFRA regalia, see this country is as good as dead, that one Nigeria shit s not real if not Sheikh Gumi the voice of bandits works freely without nobody asking him his connections with bandits.

helinues:


Incoherent balderdash

Double standards

DubaiLandLord2:
When will the Army pick the two of them up and hand them over to the DSS for further questioning? If someone can be arrested for wearing a cloth with a Biafra insignia, then I see the reason why this two lawmakers accuse of running things with bandits won't be arrested.

The law of selective justice my brother.This is the shithole Buhari and his battery of lapdog security agencies have turned this contraption of a nation into.

helinues:


Incoherent balderdash

Senseless talk from a tribal nincompoop

Only those working for IPOB and Sunday Igboho are criminals that must be arrested and prosecuted. Those loyal to the fulani Republic will just be cautioned. We are watching.

helinues:



What have you guys done about the incompetents you called leaders that are unable to tame the madness of UGM?

Always making unnecessary reference

Bandits and Bokoharam supporter spotted.

Suspend is an understatement, he should be dismiss and arrested...And let the law take it course..

helinues:


Incoherent balderdash

Yes... It's balderdash to empty skulled zonbie like u. Cheap tout !

Instead of handing him over to DSS.

Continue

Zamfara is now the worse state in Nigeria. About seven emirs were removed for alleged ties with bandits instead of being arrested and prosecuted. Now the law makers. Even if indicted after investigation they will still go free.

Islie:


https://dailytrust.com/breaking-zamfara-assembly-suspends-lawmakers-for-working-with-bandits

Suspend ooo!
Not arrested.
Our brother, Chiwetalu Agu was arrested by army, detained and eventually handed over to DSS just for wearing Biafran colors.
In the East, Hopeless Uzodinjo and Devil Umahi would have sent the army to kill anyone that is tagged IPOB or ESN sympathizers.

helinues:


Incoherent balderdash

You lack wisdom

We are mere residence in Nigeria
We are not citizens
Let us unite
Our elite oppressors are united
Exploiting us
Without a constitution:
What we need now is a new constitution;
Let us My Learned Brother Silk and Constitutional Law expert, S.T. Hon, SAN, had this to say in his book titled ‘Constitutional Law and Migration Law’: “there is no doubt that the 1999 Constitution was enacted by the military. That the Apex Court merely imputed this exercise to the Nigerian people”.


Many Nigerians including erudite Constitutional Law Lawyers have expressed serious reservation about the process leading to the making of the 1999 Constitution, and the resultant lack of popular acceptability occasioned by the process of its making. For instance, Chief Rotimi Williams, SAN, a foremost Constitutional Law Lawyer described the 1999 Constitution as a “document that tells lie against itself.” Professor Itse Sagay, SAN, categorically described the Constitution as a “fraud.” The erudite Constitutional Law Lawyer and a foremost Professor of Law, Professor Ben Nwabueze, SAN, described the Constitution as an “illogicality”. That the 1999 Constitution is a “Unitary Constitution for a Federal System of Government.”


The Constitution was described as a fraud and a document that lies against itself at a Seminar on the new Constitution organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch, on the 18th of June, 1999, because the Constitution purportedly stated in its opening recital that “We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria having firmly and solemnly resolved… do hereby make, enact and give to ourselves the following Constitution.” Since the enactment of the 1999 Constitution, the question has been asked repeatedly, where and when did that resolution take place? How did the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arrive at that firm and solid resolution purportedly expressed in the recital to the 1999 Constitution? It must be recalled that the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was midwifed by the then Military Government of General Abdulsalam Abubakar, GCFR, pursuant to the promulgation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Decree No. 24 of 1999. The question is whether Decree No. 24 of 1999 can take the place of a referendum by the people in the making of a people’s Constitution, recognising that the ultimate sovereignty lies with the people?


Fourth, in the case of Attorney-General of Abia State v Attorney-General of the Federation, the Supreme Court stated the meaning and scope of Federalism in the following words: “Federalism as a legal concept generally connotes an association of States formed for certain common purposes, but the State retains a large measure of their original independence or autonomy. It is the co-ordinate relationship of power between the individual States and the National Government, which is at the centre. Federalism as a viable concept of organising a pluralistic society such as Nigeria for governance, does not encourage so much concentration of power in the centre which is the Federal Government. In federalism, the component States do not play the role of errand boys.” The point was also made by the Supreme Court in Attorney-General of Lagos State v Attorney- General of the Federation, that each Government in a Federation “exists not as an appendage of another Government, but as an autonomous entity in the sense of being able to exercise its own will in the conduct of its affairs, free from direction from another Government.” None of these essential characteristics of a true Federalism, can be said to exist in Nigerian in real and practical terms.
Everyone in this nation today, accepts the fact that the nation is faced with a lot of structural and systemic challenges, a good number of which are the products of the inadequacies of the 1999 Constitution. It is no longer news that there has been over-concentration of powers at the centre, to the detriment of the federating units. Indeed, over the years the centre has been grabbing and grabbing powers at the expense of the federating units. The long years of military adventure in governance, has not helped the situation. For the sake of comparison, the 1954 Constitution donated 43 items to the centre in the Exclusive Legislative List, 45 items in the 1960 and 1963 Independence and Republican Constitutions, 66 items in the 1979 Constitution and 68 items to the centre in the 1999 Constitution. The reality of our Constitutional structure and power sharing today is that simple items such as census, labour, trade unions and industrial relations, mines, minerals, natural gas, drugs, evidence, trade and commerce are on the Exclusive Legislative List. Not to talk of the Policing system. This is in addition to 30 items under the Concurrent Legislative List for which both the Federating States and the Federal Government have powers to make laws, subject of course to the supremacy of the Federal Law over the State Law on any such matter where one is inconsistent with the other.


The issue of Nigeria Police and the security architecture in particular, is very germane. It is not an over-statement to say that the greatest challenge confronting our nation today and particularly the security and sustenance of our Constitutional democracy, is that of insecurity. I believe that nobody is left in any doubt that the centralised and monolithic Police structure established by Sections 214 and 215 of the Constitution, can no longer guarantee the security of this nation and its component parts, and this explains why the other security agencies like the Military, the Airforce and the Navy are now directly involved in the maintenance of law and order in different parts of the country.


The Making of a New Constitution

The process of making the 1999 Constitution, as stated earlier, falls short of guaranteeing its popular legitimacy and acceptability. No amendments, no matter how many times can in a retroactive manner, cure this foundational defect in the making of the 1999 Constitution. It remains a military-donated Constitution. A deliberate effort to embark on the making of a new Constitution, will offer an opportunity to Nigerians for popular participation in the Constitution making process of their country.


Scholars of Constitutional Law have argued, and I wholeheartedly agree with their reasoning, that the scope of making a Constitution should not be determined by the rulers or those who govern them. Professor Julius Ihombere, talking about the value of participatory/people driven Constitution making approach had this to say: “political elites and leaders have not come to fully appreciate the importance of a participatory or people driven Constitution making approach to their own survival in office and to the reduction of conflicts and pressures on the State, its institutions and custodians. Aside from using the process to resolve burning national issues, a participatory approach is probably one of the best panaceas to instability, public cynicisms and alienation from government. It is equally the best way to cultivate a culture and tradition of reliance on dialogue and consensus, rather than the resort to violence in the political process”.


The contemporary challenges being faced in the nation today, such as the wide spread insecurity, various sectional loyalty and allegiances instead of loyalty and commitment to the cause of the nation on the basis of nationalism and patriotism, lack of properly focused political system cloaked in ideology and the uncountable number of political parties jostling for power, the agitation for true federalism, both fiscal and structural, make the call for a new Constitution not only worthy of consideration, but I submit, makes it compelling. The Constitution of 1999 falls short in many aspects of what a Federal Constitution should be. It is my humble view that, the time to take the bull by the horn and drive a wholesale replacement of the 1999 Constitution through the instrumentality of an autonomous and independent body, is now. Such body must emanate from the people. Like I stated earlier, the ultimate sovereignty lies with the people. It is my contention that we have got to a point in Nigeria, when we should subject the nation to the sovereign will of the people by making a people driven Constitution.


The materials for this exercise, abound in Nigeria. These include men and women of good standing in their immediate society who can be elected from their constituencies to constitute a Constitution Drafting Committee, to identify and collate the aggregate will and expressions of the people. The Report of the National Political Reform Conference of 2005 set-up by Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, (which I was privileged to be a member), the Report of the Constitutional Conference of 2014 set-up by Dr. Goodluck Jonathan, GCFR, the 1979 and 1985 which heralded the 1999 Constitution midwifed by General Abdulsalam Abubakar, GCFR. The workings of the Constitutional Drafting Committee shall be submitted to a Constituent Assembly, and the final product emanating from the Constituent Assembly shall be submitted for people’s referendum. Through this process, the people take ownership of the constitution.
The Constitution must be seen and regarded as “an expression of the general will of the nation, a reflection of its history, fears, concerns, aspirations, vision and indeed, the soul of the nation. Furthermore, the Constitution is not just an elite affair; rather, it must be seen as a single document under which diverse and ideologically opposed people unite, and rally in defence of democracy.”


Conclusion

A new Constitution will translate: “We the people of the Federal Republic of Nigeria having firmly and solemnly resolved… do hereby make, enact and give to ourselves the following Constitution” , from hypothesis into reality. May I conclude by saying that, if we must decisively address the inadequacies, distortions, confusions, fundamental omissions and the inherent contradictions in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended, if we must establish a true and functional Federation that will guarantee national cohesion through the rule of law – our focus must be to give to ourselves a new Constitution. This is the truth, no matter how inconvenient.

The Zamfara state House of Assembly has suspended two lawmakers over their alleged ties to bandits. The lawmakers – Yusuf Muhammad, Anka representing Anka Constituency, and Ibrahim T. Tukur Bakura, representing Bakura constituency – were suspended for three months.

Are they not all TERRORISTS?

Nigeria my country o o.This one odika serious

helinues:



What have you guys done about the incompetents you called leaders that are unable to tame the madness of UGM?

Always making unnecessary reference

If your master at the top start arresting and punishing Boko guys... The issue of UGM go die a natural death.